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Renovating beautiful self-catering holiday cottages in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon

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Tag: clearing undergrowth

And the pumpkins are planted!

15th Jun 2025 leyfarmcottages

Our focus this week has been to make a dent in the gardening job list. It was always going to be a small dent, given

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Making the most of a long weekend

6th May 2024 leyfarmcottages

Sitting outside at the end of the bank holiday, it’s hard to remember how the week started. We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather over

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Shippon clearing – job done!! 

11th Dec 2022 leyfarmcottages

Success! We managed to tick a big job off our to-do list this weekend despite the freezing temperatures – one that’s on the critical path

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Four days of gardening and Jubilee celebrations! 

5th Jun 2022 leyfarmcottages

After weeks and weeks of feeling behind with our job list, the extra two bank holidays (and mostly decent weather) gave us a chance to

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Our cottage covered in undergrowth

Spring bulbs done (at last!) – onto more clearing

12th Dec 2021 leyfarmcottages

After what seems like months (but has really only been two) we finally finished planting all our spring bulbs! So much for our initial estimate of

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