Updates as and when time is available.
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May- Weather:
Rain then Hot, Gardens love it.
Runner beans in and many rows of beetroot, carrots, parsnips and swede.
Hoping for a bumper year now we have room for a large freezer. Only
problem is the grass it just grows and grows... so we cut and cut, like
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Gerry and Dan at the biggest 'vine grainer' we have seen 400 stalls,
lots on our list it took a total of 5 hours to go round but Dan managed
to pick up a mini bar fringe for 12 euros working and silent, Gerry
managed to pick up a Ariston fan oven for 50 euros, all now installed
and working very well, thank you Simon. Surprising what you can find in
a field here. |
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But back to work, stone, stone...
Working our way through, so trying to clear and sort for the end of the
month. Then we can bring round all the lintels, window sills and stone
from the front to start building again in June. Piles are increasing in
size as we find more stone but it is going down. |
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Poly tunnel doing well most plants now outside and we are starting to
eat salad plants which all helps. |
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Outside all the main beds are now planted and we have cleared a space
for the new compost heaps, which will be big.
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Gerry has been clearing more land out the front so we can have good
access to the apple and cherry trees this year. She has also on the
rainy days been working on the second leaded light window slow progress
as she is mainly working with a Stanley knife blade as it is very
delicate. |
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Well just a bit of life to keep us on our toes, the local farmer cut
through the main 3 phase overhead cables to our place. Unbelievable, as
in the house things started to smoke and burn out as 415 volts had been
sent down all the cables. So its OK we can claim. After a week we could
go and pick up some of the equipment 20 pieces in all, but on the way
back a 'white van man', went into the back of us as we where in a queue
at a roundabout, Gerry off to hospital unable to move her neck. So we
had a triple claim, house, car and medical insurance, never ever claimed
before.
Gerry is ok but in the next pictures you may see her wearing a collar!
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Cannot stop her weeding, grass has grown over where all the old beams
were and the soil mound is growing as well on the right.
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Starting to move the lintels and stone from the front we are there at
last! Top of the soil mound below.
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Cat happy!!!
That's it for this month, what a month, so just waiting for many phone
calls to sort out the busted kit!
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Next month more gardening, replacing and repairing and hopefully, continue the wall building. |