This afternoon I took advantage of some dry weather and decided to lop, chop and saw down the thuggish dogwood (cornus sanguinea, or common dogwood). It took me about 2 and a half hours without the aid of any powertools, and I’m pretty chuffed with myself. I reckon the dogwood was approaching 20ft in height [...]
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You can call me impatient, I don’t care. But given that this year we’ve had such a rubbish summer and growing season, I couldn’t wait to get ordering for next year. OK, so I know it’s a bit premature but you can’t really blame me now, can you?
The vegetable seed stands are usually cast aside [...]
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I’ve started our own Smallest Smallholding bookstore, a place where you can find books currently sitting on our Smallest Smallholding bookshelf, as well as books on my wish list. I’m planning on adding books that we find useful or interesting to the bookstore as and when. Keep checking back if you’re always on the lookout [...]
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So very very sad today. Smudge aka Smuggle is no longer with us. BIt of a shock and finding it really hard. She was predominantly a house bunny, lolloping around the place with her best mate Snoopy. Full of character, funny, quirky, silly and loveable, a really big part of our household. I miss her [...]
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