This weekend we held our annual end-of-year review and 2026 planning meeting. Something John learnt from his corporate days is the importance of reviewing our company financials to see how we’ve done over the
Tag: Barn renovation
Jamming at Ley Farm Cottages
This week we’ve only managed to make a couple of batches of jam as we’ve been spending the time harvesting and chopping up and freezing
Gardening and walking
This weekend felt like a bit of a repeat of the last one, with one day spent working our way through a tiny part of
Finishing the front of the shippon
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
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 winter lodger and a late weekend booking
This weekend we tackled another of our ‘Big jobs for 2025’ – cleaning out the shed and tidying it. It’s been a few years since
Ley Farm Cottages 