What a day we had on Sunday... the rain never stopped all day.
We had planned to spend the day planting after hearing good reports on the weather forecast but what a disaster it turned out.
Because the fields have been so wet all our veggies are late going in the ground and we were desperate to get on the land to get them going, we even had two willing helpers lined up. I don't think they'll be back anytime soon. we just had to brave the water and get on with other jobs.
I had the delightful job of making our big composting bay with the muck from the chickens and pigs we have been saving in a corner of the field. We will add some organic compost too this and use it on the pumpkins and courgettes next year. Organic rocket fuel for veggies.
Beth had to wrestle with Bandit the pony and Gracie her 2 yer old to get them into a newly erected starvation paddock. Bandit is piling on the pounds now the grass is growing and we need to pen him into a small area with a lot less grass to munch on. This is always going to be a problem with an animal that is used to grazing the welsh mountains and now finds himself living in the lush lowland pastures of Northumberland. Beth says the breed live of 'sucking stones' normally! What a luxury to be here, although it has looked a bit like the Brecon Beacons of late.
We had the guys going round pulling up all the old barb wire off the old fences and out of the ground along with pulling out any old posts and other farm rubbish that has been buried over the years by previous owners.
Lunch was an excellent fry up of bacon and sausages with fried bread that Beth had cooked on a fire that we had going to try and get dry. What a site we must have looked huddled in the corner of a waterlogged field with the rain storming down on us, but it really is moments like this that make us both truly happy. The challenge changes every day but the humour is a constant.
After lunch we set up the rotavator on the tractor ready for the dry we are expecting on Tuesday and put a load of nice dry straw into the pig arcs, although they have been stood out all day. The wet weather bringing up the worms to find.
Plans for the future now include digging a pond to help with drainage and also enable Beth to get some ducks around the place. We regularly have ducks and swans overhead and would like to increase our chances of being a must see destination for them! And then there is the highland cattle, Dorset sheep, turkeys and geese for Christmas, field shelter to put up..........
We had planned to spend the day planting after hearing good reports on the weather forecast but what a disaster it turned out.
Because the fields have been so wet all our veggies are late going in the ground and we were desperate to get on the land to get them going, we even had two willing helpers lined up. I don't think they'll be back anytime soon. we just had to brave the water and get on with other jobs.
I had the delightful job of making our big composting bay with the muck from the chickens and pigs we have been saving in a corner of the field. We will add some organic compost too this and use it on the pumpkins and courgettes next year. Organic rocket fuel for veggies.
Beth had to wrestle with Bandit the pony and Gracie her 2 yer old to get them into a newly erected starvation paddock. Bandit is piling on the pounds now the grass is growing and we need to pen him into a small area with a lot less grass to munch on. This is always going to be a problem with an animal that is used to grazing the welsh mountains and now finds himself living in the lush lowland pastures of Northumberland. Beth says the breed live of 'sucking stones' normally! What a luxury to be here, although it has looked a bit like the Brecon Beacons of late.
We had the guys going round pulling up all the old barb wire off the old fences and out of the ground along with pulling out any old posts and other farm rubbish that has been buried over the years by previous owners.
Lunch was an excellent fry up of bacon and sausages with fried bread that Beth had cooked on a fire that we had going to try and get dry. What a site we must have looked huddled in the corner of a waterlogged field with the rain storming down on us, but it really is moments like this that make us both truly happy. The challenge changes every day but the humour is a constant.
After lunch we set up the rotavator on the tractor ready for the dry we are expecting on Tuesday and put a load of nice dry straw into the pig arcs, although they have been stood out all day. The wet weather bringing up the worms to find.
Plans for the future now include digging a pond to help with drainage and also enable Beth to get some ducks around the place. We regularly have ducks and swans overhead and would like to increase our chances of being a must see destination for them! And then there is the highland cattle, Dorset sheep, turkeys and geese for Christmas, field shelter to put up..........
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