15th September - 100kg plum harvest...

For completeness, I am including in my blog, my two recent snapshots of a day in the life at Farlands. I wrote this one on the 15th September.

Yesterday was a full on day - washing, chutney, mowed grass, weeding and installation of 2 turkeys. As well as harvesting from veg garden, and continuing the plum processing & storage!

We have had PV installed, and now like to complicate life around it - so yesterday (best day for PV since installation) I ran as many machines as possible (washing, oven, extractor, hob; it coped well)!

Veg garden going well. I try to weed a bed a day, and yesterday it was the asparagus bed (thanks Max; 9/11 plants surviving).

We have just got 2 turkeys (for Xmas), Osbourne & Gove. Spent ages making their house but I am not sure now about the whole enterprise. They need food, water and make lots of noise. To be honest, I can't wait to wring their bloody necks!

We are in the middle of the plum harvest. I estimate we have a 100kg tree, and it has been raining plums. We have bottled (2x), frozen, made jam, made chutney. And tried drying - it did not work in the greenhouse! One of many experiments (mostly failures) here! I am now selling them to the Hayfield grocer at 33p a pound!



Our water continues to be a problem - we have been off and on for a week. Buckets again this w/e I think (poor Lizzy & Sam, our guests). And last night was our 1st power cut. Life here is constantly challenging!

But lots of good stuff too. My walnut trees (another experiment; planted from seed) are doing well. My 1st wood bin is full, and my 2nd is getting there!

And Sarah goes to work too!

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