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10th October, 2008 - Pumpkin Harvest

Another glorious sunny day. . . Read Full Story

1st September, 2008 - Veggie Patch Maintenance

It's officially the first day of Autumn but we've had that autumnal feeling for the past 4 weeks. . . Read Full Story

29th August, 2008 - A Good Day's Harvest

Enough normal brocolli and purple sprouting brocolli was picked to feed the local village. . . Read Full Story

24th July, 2008 - Everything Is Coming Up Roses!

Its the time of year when we are achieving a good harvest each and every day. . . Read Full Story

22nd July, 2008 - When Size Does Matter!!

When you see one this big you just have to get the tape measure out........ . . Read Full Story

15th July, 2008 - Winter Preparations

Whilst we are finally now enjoying a 'sunny' summer we cannot afford to be complacent about the rest of the year. . . Read Full Story

12th July, 2008 - How Much Coleslaw!!

The cabbages are growing well and we will soon be picking our first one of the season and tasting Tracey's homemade coleslaw. . . Read Full Story

4th July, 2008 - Salad Days

Our first cucumber is now about 6 inches long! . . Read Full Story

1st July, 2008 - Veggie Harvest

In the space of just a couple of days, things have really moved on with the veggie patch. . . Read Full Story

29th June, 2008 - It's A First!

Today we dug up our first potatoes from the garden and given that we weren't expecting much of a crop, we were mightily surprised! . . Read Full Story

20th June, 2008 - So Much Done

Once the bird pound was safely netted the 4 of us set off to weed the veggie patch and fruit cage. . . Read Full Story

22nd May, 2008 - More Progress Is Made

Today Dan turned his attention to the polytunnel, but had to make an early start at 8am before it became like an oven in there. . . Read Full Story

May 17th, 2008 - The To Do List Is Finally Getting Shorter

Dan started out by edging the side of the potato plot - a 5 minute job that has been left for over a month! It certainly looks neater now that it's been done. . . Read Full Story

15th May, 2008 - Food & Flowers

With the forecast promising just a few hours of dry weather in the afternoon, Dan planted 15 cabbage plants in the fruit cage (a necessary precaution against "pigeon damage") and 6 pepper and 3 cucumber plants in the polytunnel. . . Read Full Story

May 9th, 2008 - Irrigation System

Despite the volume of rain we've had ths Spring, Dan was keen to implement the new irrigation system. . . Read Full Story

May 2nd, 2008 - Progress Is Being Made

A clear day with plenty of warm sunshine saw Dan continue to weed and rotivate the veggie patch. Progress is now being made in leaps and bounds and our motivation to complete this project is running high. . . Read Full Story

April 11th, 2008 - Thanks Heavens For Better Weather

With the weather starting out fine and dry, it was essential that we cracked on with our list of jobs. . . Read Full Story

March 30th, 2008 - What A Difference A Day Makes

Unfortunately we awoke to grey clouds and drizzle - not much later, the heavens opened and any hopes of gardening, fixing fences, mending shed roofs and rotovating were totally out of the question. . . Read Full Story

March 29th, 2008 - A Well Deserved Radox Bath

With the weather forecast predicting a bright sunny day, we'd planned to spend the whole day gardening. With a full list of "jobs to do" we really couldn't wait to get our hands dirty! . . Read Full Story

March 20th, 2008 - More Planting

Despite praying for sun, keeping our fingers crossed and sending begging requests to Mother Nature we have been drowned out for the past week. . . Read Full Story

March 7th, 2008 - Feel Like We're Getting Started

It's something that Dan has been longing to do for weeks and now, it's done! . . Read Full Story

June 07 - Blight!

This had been our wettest year since arriving. In fact it became a standing joke that if the rain continued we would need a canoe just to get up the driveway! . . Read Full Story

May 07 - Where Are Dastardly & Muttley When You Need 'em?!

Things started so well - we sowed seeds and they germinated. The seedlings grew strong and healthy and then had to be planted outside - that's when things went wrong! . . Read Full Story

Feb 07 - Sowing Seeds

Now it has to be said that Dan will very quickly move all the goal posts in a bid to start another project and he quickly loses interest if he doesn't move on to something new. . . Read Full Story