Meet Olly

Sunday 19 April 2015



We have a new puppy!

When I say puppy I mean the-biggest-six-month-old-dog-you-have-ever-seen!

Olly is a Maremma, a breed of sheepdog indigenous to Italy, and the perfect companion to our chickens. The cats not so much...

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Glorious garlic

Tuesday 14 April 2015


As we slowly set up the permanent raised beds in the veggie patch I reserved one solely for the garlic as I wanted to have a largish crop this year. I purchased 6 bulbs of garlic from Diggers but when it came to planting them I was sure I was going to have to buy more, 6 bulbs just didn't look like it was enough.

Until I separated the cloves.

And ended up with 93.

93 possible bulbs of garlic. If that's not enough I don't know what will be!

So I planted them in mid March and they are doing very nicely now. There is a tiny bit of room left at the end of the bed so I might pop some leeks in too.

Have you planted your garlic yet?

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