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Tag: orchard pests

Fixing things to walls

29th Sep 2024 leyfarmcottages

It feels like we’ve spent a good chunk of this weekend fixing things to walls and doors. Our [very lovely] third guests are staying with

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Our second guests – and catching up

15th Sep 2024 leyfarmcottages

We really thought things would quieten down once we started letting the Farmhouse out, but this week seems to have been particularly busy. Our second

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Painting begins

1st Oct 2023 leyfarmcottages

This week we started to prime the top floor of the farmhouse. The plasterers finished at the end of last week and we’ve been allowing

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No more excuses – time for weeding! 

29th May 2022 leyfarmcottages

Now we’ve finished our two new veg beds, we’ve finally had time to catch up on all the other jobs that we’ve just left… mainly

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Thirty million little helpers 

13th Sep 2021 leyfarmcottages

Yesterday saw the start of this year’s nematodes treatment in the orchard – ten million in each packet. We applied our first treatment last year after

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Orchard care – progress!!

17th Jul 2021 leyfarmcottages

When we moved in last summer, we were so excited about our orchard – with pears, apples, plums, and a range of more unusual fruits like our quince,

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