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2021 – June
Read moreAfter the miserable weather in May the sun finally came out to play. And finally time for the long planned revamp of the outbuilding we call ‘the barn’ (A bit grandiose, but not sure what else to call this large structure) This was a major undertaking, and involved us bringing in a foreign worker from […]
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2021 – May
Read moreThis month starts with the usual British moan about the weather. I’d hoped that after the frosts and drought in April that this month would be better, but although we finally got some rain, we also had snow and hail. The picture below was from the third week in May, and temperatures stayed well below […]
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2021 – April
Read moreWhat was the weather doing this April? Frost, snow, and even sun, but no April showers. This severely disrupted plans to get the borders dug over and planted up in the back garden. I even had to get the hose out for seedlings elsewhere in the garden and make my own rainbow. We did at […]
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2021 March
Read moreThis month we finally finished the construction in the front bedroom. All pipes and boxes of junk now tucked tidily away. There’s still a bit of touch-up painting to complete, and some shelves and boxes to upgrade, but they can wait, as spring is here and it’s time to get out into the garden. First […]
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2021 – February
Read moreBrrr! It’s been chilly this month. The first half of February the temperature hardly rose above zero. But we did finally get some snow! (We seem to just get frosts here mostly) and it hung around for a while. This gave us a chance to do a little more indoors work, hanging the sliding doors […]
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2021 – January
Read moreJanuary had its fair share of cold days this year. Although we escaped the snow this month, there were a lot of frosty days. Down to -5 in the polytunnel, so it must have been much colder outside. So it was a month with a tendency towards hibernation, and catching up on Christmas presents. Towards […]
