Back in July last year we painted the first coat of mortar paint on the shippon and kept meaning to do the second coat. It
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A sunny weekend
A weekend of sunny weather meant we managed to get through plenty of jobs this weekend. Our first success was in the kitchen garden. One
Pea & bean vegetable bed progress
This feels like another particularly busy week and weekend. We’ve made good progress with our new pea & bean bed – we finished making the
Starting another ‘major 2025 job’
We started another one of our ‘major 2025 jobs’ this weekend, although annoyingly a drizzly Saturday meant we had to wait until Sunday and so
A ‘2025 major job’ ticked off – Farmhouse front garden tidying
This week we’ve had a near-single focus – to finish tidying the Farmhouse gardens ready for the season. It’s our last ‘empty’ weekend which meant
Uncovering snowdrops
Another weekend, another day of clearing the weeds from the Farmhouse flower beds. This time we cleared the weeds from the snowdrop bank and under
Ley Farm Cottages 