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EU Referendum
Our Chucks have considered all the information in the £9m leaflet and cast their votes early.
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Growing our own firewood
Many years ago we abandoned the idea of being able to own our own woodland as there is so little of it in West Lancashire in the first place and, of that, it is very rare that it comes up for sale. But, rather than admit defeat, we bought some arable land and field by…
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Pollarding Ash Trees
We have quite a few young ash trees which we grew from seed gathered from local trees and planted out around 8 years ago. Whilst the vast majority of our ash trees are being grown to coppice, we have some that are under grazed by free range chickens. Pollarding trees is a bit out of…
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Harvesting Basket Making Willow
Having packed away the fresh wreath making ‘production line’ for another year our next job is to get our home grown willow rods cut and into storage for processing as willow whip tips for floristry, straight sticks for crafts and little log bundles for picks to decorate next year’s wreaths. These items are sold all…
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Ever changing seasons
Well that’s the pumpkins done for another year. It is always a bit sad removing all the unsold pumpkins but it needs to be done and it is nice to get the space back in the yard. Unlike the pumpkins, the unsold winter squashes will ‘keep’ and provide us with some welcome vegetables throughout the…
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The 2015 Song For Pumpkins
The pumpkin parody song for 2015 is ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis. With thanks to Sally & Aymon and Fish2 Photography Keep an eye on Sally’s instagram account for the results of the Saturday morning pumpkin patch photoshoot.
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Getting to grips with a DSLR
Still trying top get to grips with my new camera. Yes, I have read the instructions but after so long with a ‘point and press’ the complexity of a DSLR seems insurmountable. Trying to remember the little bit learnt a week ago is a big enough challenge at the moment. I didn’t want to let…
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Layla and Jamie visit
Sue’s work colleague Paul and his wife Claire called with their two kids to pick their pumpkins from the field, feed the hens, collect the eggs and pose for pictures on the big pumpkin. I think it is fair to say that collecting the eggs proved to be the favourite part of the visit for…
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Pumpkin picking
My little helper came along to the pumpkin patch to help select a few nice specimens for a display.
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Rosemary Wreath
Made for the local village show which was held yesterday, this very simple wreath caught quite a bit of attention; not necessarily because of the quality of its construction but more from the intense fragrance of rosemary that permeated the hall. It was easily made; just a good pruning of our home grown rosemary plants with…