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Archive for July, 2008

Pond!!

A year on and it is eventually nearing completion.
As I type this it is 30 degrees C in the cattery. But, Mike has had a whole year in which to pick which day to finish digging the pond! We hope to get the liner in this evening and then wait for the thunderstorms to fill [...]

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Garden (again)

The veg garden this year has been a little disappointing but things are starting to brighten up a bit now. The beans will perhaps produce a meal or two but no more. We have eaten lots of pak choi and the celeriac is looking good. We unearthed 2 grow-bag potato plants the other day and [...]

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More Ducklings!

Last year George let a broody hen sit on some of his duck eggs and they all hatched. The resultant offspring are Appleyard/Rowan crosses. This year he gave some eggs to Rob & Nina who put them under one of their hens and 8 hatched. Unfortunately a fox took most of their hens and 6 [...]

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