And I Thought Digging Was Hard Work

Badgers

After all the hard work over the soil to plant cabbage and broccoli we had a little visit from what were assuming are badgers. My nice smooth weed barrier now looks like its been in a horror movie. Quite why they picked that spot in particular I'll never know. The seeds seem to be intact and are now covered with the wire that we all know is there but fall over anyway. Maybe next year John, the Blur and I will produce our own springwatch, at least we know we have something to film.

Aside from that one hiccup most things are going well. The corn is getting big and has shoots and maize. I repotted one of our melons, and also put out a few more of our sunflowers. They held up well over night. John seems surprised that the melon outside is doing well. The only setback is a few of the tomatos have devopled black marks on the bottom. Im still to look it up but John says its probably blight.

Hedge Trimming (or Massacre)

For weeks now Johns been saying that we need to cut the hedge. We didnt get to lotty until after tea, so it was a big job that had to be done quickly. Having never cut a hedge before I didnt really know where to start. But after the first few snips I was well away. We worked from each side of the fence and met in the middle. We ended up with a huge pile of sticks ready for the fire. It was fun talking through the hedge, and having a laugh as we went. When all the cutting was done, John banged a pole into the ground and tied the face pole to it as the fence had been starting to sag. Its been a very busy week at lotty and we've all worked hard, it looks fantastic and with us all working hard together hopefully it'll stay that way.

The Drive Home

We took a long drive home so John could show me whats at the end of the tram line for when I venture that way. We ended up driving through the countryside, and as we turned a corner there was a deer in the road. Unfortunately I couldnt get the camera out in time to get a picture, but with the badgers and deers it was a bit of a wildlife fest.

Time to go and start the day. I'll be taking lots to lotty today so we can make bacon sandwiches on the fire (which given John cut down tree stumps and the hedge trimmings it looks to be a big one.) Coffee and food always tastes better when its done on one of our fires.