November isn't a very interesting month for blog post ideas, which is why posts in 2022 and 2023 were A-Z posts. To fill up some days for the second half of the month I'll do a few reposts from my 11 years of blogging.
Here's the first which comes from May 19th 2013 with one of my favourite smallholding photos............
We got the onion weeding finished, some rabbit fencing and enviromesh over 4 beds of various greens, one lot of supports and canes up ready for runner beans.
Then Him Outside volunteered to climb up on a pile of bricks to take a picture of the whole vegetable garden ( this makes the pylons look even closer than they are which is actually on the adjoining field right at the top of our 4 acre meadow.)
It was so lovely and sunny I wandered around taking more pictures.
The Lilac, coming out at last.
The strawberry bedOut of the front gate and over the road, this field is planted with beans, but they look a bit sparse.
And then it was lunch time- nearly all home grown today. Lettuce, mixed salad leaves, various coloured radishes and asparagus with a few cubes of cheese and a splodge of mayo being the only things bought.That's my lot for today, need some reading time.
Back tomorrow.
How our lives have changed in ten years. It's good to have these memories recorded. One day, I'm sure your beautiful grandchildren will be grateful for your diligence and commitment. Different times.
ReplyDeleteHappy days back then, and such a prolific smallholding. The only things which grew really well at Ynyswen were runner beans and chard - and I couldn't cope single handedly with the chard mountain!
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