Our New Life in the Country: Weekend Plans

Friday, 5 March 2010

Weekend Plans

The weekend is off to a flying start, we have awoken today with daylight at 6.15am and although at the moment there is a hard frost on the ground the sun is already shining, (it's now 7.30) and a warmth is building up nicely.

There are lots of jobs to do the main one for LH is finishing the raised beds at the back of the house. We have three more to go in, and that may be accomplished when the earth thaws out a bit. In the meantime he is topping up the other six with some more soil, as this has all settled down dramatically from when they were first filled a couple of weeks ago.

Soon our new friend 'the Worm Man' will be here to discuss 'wormy business' another chapter in our earning money from the land enterprise. Before he gets here I need to plan out my stall for tomorrows Craft Fair, lots of lovely handmade soaps to be displayed (the kitchen is smelling divine at the moment). And then pack it all away so I can make a quick getaway tomorrow.

Then this afternoon we are off to pick up our 10 new residents, some Speckledy Chickens. So I must fit in getting their new house ready as they will be confined to quarters for a day to get them used to where they live.

I foresee a chicken post coming next....!!

Sue xx

6 comments:

landcuckoo5 March 2010 at 11:24
Very excited about your new feathered arrivals! Did you manage to get the soap things sorted out? Have a good day at the market tomorrow, hope the weather is as beautiful as it is today.
take care
Sarah x
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Anonymous5 March 2010 at 12:23
I admire your (cottage) industry so much Sue. Here's to a productive weekend!
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Jak5 March 2010 at 14:02
How exciting, new chickens. I've always wanted to keep chickens, well maybe someday. Glad the weather if on your side. Have a great weekend.
Jak x
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Anonymous5 March 2010 at 15:40
As an owner of 39 hens, I'm looking forward to your chicken post!! You have a busy weekend ahead.

CJ xx
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spicyapplepie5 March 2010 at 22:37
Hope your sale goes well! New chickens that sounds fun! I love my girls they always make me smile!
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BadPenny6 March 2010 at 08:56
I must dig over my raised beds - add some compost then get me some seedlings !

The Farmers' market is coming to our village for the first time today so I'm off for a mooch.

Can't wait to see your new girls - hope they settle in OK.

I'm cooking a Haggis for friends tonight - a sort of belated Burn's eve. First I have to catch a Haggis.....
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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