Month: August 2018
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Weekend 3 -17/20th August
Another long weekend, and those helpful elves are back again… Painting and plastering Rebuilding the stairs Cutting the grass (Again…) Taking down fences Clearing the goat’s stable Tidying fruit bushes, picking grapes and tomatoes, fixing shelves, testing the new wagon and finding butterflies in an old feeder
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Weekend 2 – 10/13th August
A long weekend. And lots of help. Christine came down to scope out the decorating required, and Dad and Dorothy came to assist in the mobile country cottage. Lawn mower was commissioned and tested Orchard tidied, and a few apples picked Meals were eaten Ceilings were painted and things were measured Wood from store demolition […]
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Weekend 1 – 4/5th August
First trailer full of ‘stuff” delivered. We had to park a fair way from the house, so that lead to job 1 – Demolition of the add on wood store. Almost complete – still a pile of wood to sort and move next week. And job 2 – adventuring into the orchard. By judicial […]
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Old Aerial View
This picture, dated 2003 on the back, was left in the house. It shows the general layout of the land, although a lot has been changed since then. You can see the original 2 semis, and the two storey extension. Missing are all outbuildings apart from the brick workshop.
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First Day Tour – Front and Back Garden
The front Garden is fairly small, and one of the few places with purely ornamental plants. The back garden has been partly lawn, and mostly goat paddock – with another shelter for them there. And yes, it does go beyond the little fence all the way to the trees at the end.
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First Day Tour – Veg Garden and Orchard
This covers the long part of the L shaped plot between the road and the house. Coming past the car park, there’s a polytunnel, and mostly disused greenhouse. The polytunnel is marvellous. The greenhouse needs re-glazing, a new door and probably other repairs, but with the polytunnel available it’s probably not urgent Then there’s a […]