Last night we took a well deserved night off, headed into Manchester to our fave venue and took in the fun of the B52s. And fun fun fun it was, the band was on fire and Fred, Kate and Cindy had an absolute ball as did the audience. Great set list - great band and great venue (though I think I lost...
We just harvested our first courgettes of the year. In truth it was one courgette and it was about 3 inches long but we are very proud - if self sufficiency is ever a plan I think we're all going to loose weight. Still it tasted nice and the plants look like they are going to keep producing more rather bendy courgettes. Its...
The field at the rear of the barn has so far been put to very little use. I kind of have a general idea that we'll put in some raised beds for vegetables but its not priority at the moment. One problem we do get each year though is that when Summer arrives it turns into a meadow of deep grass that is...
Remember I said we would fit the kitchen unpainted as a temporary measure so we would could focus on other issues. Turns out when you have a freezer full of meat and are cooking quite regularly at the barn its not a good idea. As chief builder Neil pointed out if the wood was left untreated any fat or grease that got on...
