Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Insect Heaven
The humble knapweed , usually considered a weed, is loved by butterflies, bees and all manner of wee beasties .
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| The camping barn meadow |
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Hay Time
This weather may be remembered as the only time we have had no panic to get the hay in......talk about leisurely
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| Hay what ya looking at ! |
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| And not a cloud in sight! |
The Keder polytunnel
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| Laying the foundation for the "hugle" beds |
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| Sheep's wool on the ground |
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| A great way to discard of old fleeces from our sheep |
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| Large chunks of alder added to the wool and compost |
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| The mounds are high-3 ft high |
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| Leaf compost laid on top |
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| More compost is added |
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| Many hands.......... |
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| The edges of the bubble wrap slide into the metal tubes |
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| Rod about to tighten the cover |
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| It's finished |
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| Et voila! |
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Swales on the Fell
A long established method of preventing flooding and encouraging water seepage into the water table is the making of long deep channels called swales---whether Swaledale in Yorkshire is named after these I hope to find out!
Malcolm (our nearest farming neighbour ) and his digger are a great team . After the trenches came the alder posts
and then the birds sitting on their new perches!
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Ingleborough
Ingleton, the village nearby has a heated outside swimming pool near
the river and a swim or a climb up the peak what could be better than a
wonderful Italian pizza from Pepe's .
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Apricot Greenhouse
More Inventions: a new style of greenhouse for the apricot tree after the gales destroyed the glass-lean-to. A glimpse of the damaged apricot greenhouse can be seen in the previous post about the fallen windmill .
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| From this |
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| Bending the frame |
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| To this : the wooden frame has been bent and Keder Greenhouse polytunnel plastic stretched across Rod is pinned to the roof by a telegraph pole !!!!!!!!!!!!     |
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