Its Sunday and the bad weather that was forecast for the week end seems to have skimmed past us.
Yesterday Martin spent the day concreting the second bay of the goat house and I was down the cabin sewing.
Today the sky may have been grey but it wasn't too bad outside
I was determined to finish planting the Cherry Trees
and set to with the help of the chickens
101 Cherry trees now planted all finished never to be done again yippee. I even counted them twice to make sure.
Martin moved some more dumpy bags down beside the fruit cage for me to spread out during the week, he also fixed the pigs water trough again every few days the wreck it. He also made a start painting the small field shelter.
Then we both got stuck into replenishing the log supply
I brought the logs up from the field
Martin split them
Then I moved them to the log shed.
I spent a bit of time in the poly tunnel pruning back the citrus trees picked the last two lemons
I also cut back the parsley, this lot is heading for the dehydrator.
When Martin walked Sol he picked a big bunch of wild garlic our first this year
They were cooked up in a left over stir fry for dinner, there was a bit of Haggis left from last night a bit of chorizo and some oddments of bacon all cooked up together with some onions.
lots of seeds are now germinating, the growing season is well and truly on the way, I got loads of squash seeds sown, in a few days I will do cucumbers also the tomatoes need potting on.
I also made a start with the Basil and Coriander two of our favourite annual herbs.
Time to jump in the shower now then sit down with my feet up for a bit.
I'm worn out just reading how many things you fitted into you weekend!
ReplyDeleteDidnt get everything done we wanted to but there is always another day.
DeleteYour wild garlic is looking lovely...I shall have to venture forth and gather some. x
ReplyDeleteI am going to try dehydrating some see if we can have some then later in the year
DeleteYou are so busy and here's me with absolutely no energy to anything much at all. Makes me feel quite ashamed-x-
ReplyDeleteNo dont be I have days when I am tired out and have a rest day
DeleteI love that everything is starting to grow, the best time of the year. I have the sheep coming back in a couple of weeks to lamb so busy times ahead!
ReplyDeleteIt fills you with hope seeing everything come back to life
DeleteDawn well done with the trees! Thought we were done with logs as the weather had improved. Not by the look of it - cold and wet?! Jon bringing logs from work I think as woodpile not useable for this year. Still envious of your lemons but my little 'tree' is coming on,thank you. I think I will try some of the wild garlic in the garden, soon. Glad I am at the same point as you with some tom potting on to be done!
ReplyDeleteYes a bit f set back weather wise but it is to be expected its only March
Delete101 cherry trees will give a mass of blossom over the next few years. I look forward to seeing your posts about them! Jx
ReplyDeleteI am so looking forward to seeing them all covered in blossom in a few years
DeleteHi Dawn :)) I love what you've been doing, I can't get enough of hearing about the farming and homesteading way of life :)) We got some cherry trees for free in 2015. There were 8 of them and I planted them in our side yard. It's a big plot of land that is just sitting there. We're renting, but at that time we didn't know how long we'd be here so we thought we'd give it a go! So...last summer, the landlord wasn't doing to well and he didn't take care of the side lawn as he usually does. We marked out where the cherry trees were so he'd be careful not to mow them down. Our (I'm very sure) good-intentioned neighbour with a sit-down-lawn mower decided to "help". He mowed them all to the ground, sigh. What could we do, he meant well!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Rain, that is such a shame over the trees
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