on the farm this week

This week we’ve had sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine! A quick walk along the farm track shows how quickly the crops are ripening. The wheat in Gardeners Field is just beginning to turn from green to golden. The countdown to harvest is beginning with trailers checked over, barns swept and paperwork prepared. The pods on

spam, spam, spam

Dear Oz Please do not email me any more tips about losing fat. I will not, under any circumstances, open your email. Dear “Number Witheld” Please stop phoning to tell me how you’re working for the government to save me money on my electricity. You may say that you’re not selling me anything, but I

a glorious week

When the first job of the day is to go into the garden to pick roses (for Slamseys Gin), I don’t think life can get much better. Added to that, we’ve had a glorious week of hot, sunny days, partied all weekend in marquees set in beautiful gardens, watched the Lions and Andy Murray to

in the garden – June 2013

This month I am linking up with Lizzie of Strayed from the Table for The Garden Share Collective.  The aim is to create a community of bloggers who share their vegetable patches, container gardens and the herbs they grow on their window sills. Where our vegetable garden is situated used to be a very bumpy grassed area, known as

an update

A short update on Tuesday’s post when I went walking … and met a fox. On Wednesday I went walking … and met a fox. It may have been the fox I saw the day before or it may have been a different one. It was mooching along the track towards me, not really concentrating.