KW-24 It's beginning to look a lot like gardening

In which the sun comes out and things start to grow

Well, this is a late one, and there are two very good reasons for that.

Firstly, over the weekend, I decided that because of the amount of work I have to do, taken into consideration with the amount it heats up already by late morning, I should start much earlier in the day. So, I have been out digging holes since 6am.

This is John Grieve, but basically all of the apple trees look like this. And you should see the plum!

Secondly, I forgot it was Monday. Or at least, my brain was so concentrating on “get up early and get to work” it didn’t also have room for the “Monday, write newsletter” thing.

This morning, then, I got into work-mode super early. Just like a real country folk. I decided that the piggies need an extension to their pig field house - more lounging around in the shade space. It was plenty big enough to provide them all with shelter and shade when they were all tiny and cute and all that, but now that they are bloody massive, it’s really time to move them up on the property…