Such a perfect day

before, during and after.

Bartons Mill was the most wonderful venue and beautiful weather.

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A different sort of bird

I have been very diligent throughout the Winter in making sure the birds have plenty of food and water.

It is lovely, not that it is Spring to see the Long Tail Tits back and a new bird that I haven't see non the bird table before.

Now that's what I call and icicle

Under the railway bridge in Old Basing near the Millstone PH.

Allotment update

We took the opportunity to reclaim the allotment over Chrismas as it was in such a terrible neglected state.

It actually didn't take that long to get the beds weeded and dug over. We had 5 trips to the tip with the trailer loaded of Jewson bags full of weeds and one full of rubbish so a very refreshing clear out.










I also took the opportunity to give the greenhouses a good clearout. They were both packed with old pots, many of the cracked or damaged so any that didn't meet a very stringent vetting process, went for recycling. The soil in the beds is getting a bit thin and lifeless so my next job is to shovel it all out into a raised bed (work in progress) and get some new good stuff in so hopefully we will get some good crops going this year.









One great surprise was that I had forgotten about a row of carrots I sewed in July. As this is after the risk of carrot root fly damage, they should be good. Unfortunately I forgot about them in the Autumn but the frost and snow doesn't seem to have done any damage and we have a great box full of lovely little carrots. Not as sweet as they would have been but still lovely.

Remember this

You may remember this. A few months ago we purchased this cabinet from May's auction.

It has been on the bench in my shed for a few months undergoing transformation but I haven't been able to show it to you as Katy caught a glimpse of it in the early stages of transformation and just happened to mentioin how well it would fit in her porch. Not being one to miss a hint, it was on her Christmas list.









It also served as a perfect hiding place for her other Christmas presents.













One 70's Beezer annual and a new handle later - it is transformed.

It was too heavy for her to take away on Chrismas day so Angel tested it out for Tiger and full approved of it as a lookout post.