After our weekend plans were thwarted by our expected visitors getting sick, we took the opportunity to plant out our newly-arrived sloe bushes. We’ve wanted
Category: Country living
Pottering in the garden
With most of our focus recently on getting the site ready for building, we’ve seriously neglected the rest of the garden. It’s been looking progressively
Planning approval #3!!
This week we had cause to celebrate!! Almost exactly a year after we had our first main planning application approved, the council approved our third
Site preparation begins
We often joke that we spend half our lives creating piles of materials like soil or woodchip around the garden, only to then gradually move
And suddenly it’s Autumn
This week marked the start of Autumn; and coming with it the jobs starting to take down the vegetable garden and picking the fruit that’s
A big Saturday out
Having friends to stay this weekend gave us a good excuse to have a day off and see what Dalwood Country Fair was all about.
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