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The polytunnel is starting to look quite bountiful. We’ve started harvesting mixed salad leaves, lots of radishes and many a strawberry. It looks like plenty more is on the way although in the mid-day heat the squash plants are wilting … Continue reading →

Well the ‘beer’ is done- that’s three days in the barrel and a few in bottles and it’s surprisingly delicious. I wouldn’t call it beer (although I guess this is what many beers from pre 1900 tasted like) and in … Continue reading →

As summer creeps up, one thing we don’t seem to be short of up here is nettles (Urtica dioica). Now, we’ve been eating these for years and they are really rarther good- but it was time to try utilizing them … Continue reading →

Part 2- busy few days, 80% of the border is now dug and limed. Raising the pH from 4.5 to 6.5 takes a fair amount of lime. Strawberry’s are already setting fruit and the peas/beans/Jartichokes/carrots have just germinated. It’s getting … Continue reading →

We had some froendscpme to stay and finished unpacking, so it was time to put up the polytunnel! The frame was speedily errected, although the toughest bit was digging the polytunnel trench and cutting through the matted grass. Passionfruit and … Continue reading →

Emma getting us connected. You can see the windows need a bit of work to stop penetrating damp, but the view’s nice. I’ve just transplanted: redcurrent, blackcurrent, goosberry, 9 apple trees (specific varities for cold and exposed sites), rhubarb, blackberry … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived 🙂 Here’s a little introduction as to us and where we’ll be going with this blog. Myself and my wife has just moved to a small holding at 1,000ft above sea level. The house is a beautiful old … Continue reading →