Sunny skies (albeit cold!), and being pent up in the house for a couple of weeks (combination of rain, work and study) meant we couldn’t wait to
Tag: Gardening
Our first ever attempt at pruning!
It occurred to us the other day that this is the first time we’ve ever actually owned trees… and we’re definitely learning how much work is involved with them! A dry
Compost – our first experience…
On our recent Facebook post about raking the orchard yet again, a family friend mentioned how good the leaves would be as mulch in the vegetable beds. So, as naïve ex-Londoners, we thought we’d have
A change of tack = a productive week!
After last week’s barely productive week, we took a different approach to getting through our endless job list – committing to just two jobs each evening at the start
A weekend in the kitchen garden
One of the things that really sold Ley Farm to us was the kitchen garden – finally proper space to grow vegetables instead of squeezing
Halfway through so much, but finishing nothing…
Another weekend with lockdown postponing our visitors meant we had a head start on some of our jobs planned for later in the year. But even with a
Ley Farm Cottages 