Planting at last

We finally managed to get a good chunk of seed in the ground yesterday, planting lettuce, parsley and loads more peas. The ground being perfect at the top end of the field but still a little underwater further down.

I managed to get the tractor stuck trying to rotovate more areas in burst of enthusiasm but driving straigh into a boggy hole with a fully loaded 2wd driving tractor turned out to be a silly idea. but onward and upward..

With the sheet fully trenched around the new polytunnel Beth got busy planting her nursed tomato plants, the heat in the tunnel was breathtaking...I swear I saw a bead of sweat forming on Beths brow, people who know her will know this is previously unheard of. I managed to make some doors up but we think we'll have to leave them open all day if this weather continues. Fantastic changes from being underwater in near horizontal rain on Sunday to now being sun burnt from being outside on Tuesday.

In went our apricot tree, 2 surviving bay trees and a fantastic looking cranberry bush purchased from woolworths for £2!! I'm already excited about the muffins and smoothies.

The cranberry comes in as part of B's plan to get us eating more berries, apparently its the thing we are missing in our diet. Despite my arguments relating to my love of strawberry milkshakes, raspberry flapjack etc apparently i just don't get it.

The ground is still a little too wet to get the big machinery on that will start digging our roads. We are still using a wheel barrow to bring everything into the farm steading but hope this sick torture will end soon. I had to laugh at the site of B yesterday with a stack of around 12 milk crates bouncing up and down on the barrow as she made her way across the field. Luckily stifling the chuckle before she came too close to catch me.