Kitchen!!

Well we have started to tile the kitchen floor so hopefully soonish we will have a proper kitchen again! The veg is growing well also with the courgettes I planted a week ago several inches tall already and we plan to plant outside next week looking at planting onions, garlic and potato. When the kitchen floor is done I'll post some pikkies which I'm guessing will be next week by the time we have laid all the tiles and grouted it!

New family members!

Our family has expanded! We now have a stunning looking Welsummer cockerel and his hen who have come to us via freecycle with thanks to their previous owners. After the initial getting to know you session with Star and the pecking order sorted between them they are getting on well with each other and spent some of the afternoon helping us (In there own way!) in the paddocks pinning down some of the plastic sheet around the willow. We also now have two hens laying eggs, fortunately the egg colour is different so we can tell who's was who's!

Harvest!

Well today we harvested our first produce grown from seed...a radish, ok might not sound much but it was a first! Even I liked the taste and I don't normally like radish!! The tomato plants are also doing well just waiting for the posibility for frost and we can start planting outside!

Also Andrew cleared out one of the sheds which was quite a task as lined with carpet in the roof covered in dust..yuck! He also painted the outside so now looks much better and cleaner as well!

A few days off!

Well I'm taking it a bit easy on my days off, Andrew is dry stone walling near Snowdon on a working holiday so I have been pottering potting plants! I'm expecting a delivery of wood today so that will keep me busy tomorrow! Also I spotted a red kite land in the field behind the house today, I was too slow to get a photo but it may be back as there was a dead bird in the field which it was feeding on which is still there


Tomatoes and one of the Radish

Llyn Brianne

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Reservoir Llyn Brianne in the Cambrians a short drive from where we live in the most stunning location! Photo's don't quite to it justice! Looking forward to us spending time exploring the Cambrians.

Willows!

As promised pictures of the willows being planted with thanks to Jasper!

Work and Willow!

Apologies for the delay in posting my first week at work has kept me occupied (In a good way!). Andrew has been busy whilst I have been at work. He took a trip to the other side of the Cambrians over a stunning road (It looks a great road to drive along!) to buy some willow which we will be planting over Easter with the help of Jasper providing the weather behaves! The willow hopefully will help dry out the wet part of our land and be a product for us to use also! He also was busy getting the area ready which meant covering the area with plastic to kill off the grass to give the willow a chance to grow! He has also being sorting out the guttering at the back of the house and sorting out my house ready for rental so as you can see we have both been very busy over the last week!
I will add pikkies soon (they are on Andrews camera at the moment!)