Spent the first part of the weekend getting the last of the manure for the new raised bed and forking that in, so its now ready for use. Paid for the manure with home made jam and fresh egg's. Then Saturday afternoon I decided to see if any of the wine I started last year was ready, and ended up bottling 2 gallons - 1 of strawberry, raspberry and logonberry, and one of apple. Then of course we had to try it (v nice), and then went out for the night (cause we may as well have a few more now. Hic.).
Sunday was not a good day, and the only thing we accomplished through the haze of hangovers was to move the damson tree. There was one nice surprise though - OH was watering the propagators, and the first of the seedling are poking through. Always good to see those first few shoots of the year.
We have been promising a few pictures of the place but the garden looks like a bomb site - got loads of half finished projects so theres stuff everywhere - need to have a general tidy-up. Next-up will be digging trenches for the new water pipes and electric cables, and then extending the chicken run. So, if you dont mind ignoring the mess, here goes:
The new raised bed
The chooks aka 'those who give us eggs'
From the patio, looking down towards the chooks. You can see the pond on the right. The raised bed is just past the wall on the left.
From the patio again, looking towards the fence where we grow raspberrys, and the damson tree.
