July 19, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Harvest should start soon

On our Wednesday walk we saw fields of ripe wheat and a field of cows and calves

Walking and talking and changing the world – we wish!

July 18, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Monster sized cabbage. Outer leaves for the goats the heart of the cabbage for us

July 18, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Jeremy and the tractor have been mowing the field and the paddock

It all looks lovely

He has left some clumps of wild flowers

Birds foot trefoil

Lady’s bedstraw

Bindweed snd clover mixed in too

The kids and the goats like the newly cut paddock

July 18, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 1 Comment

Plenty at The Gables but sadly…..

So much hunger in the world

Daughter talking on CNA TV (Singapore news channel) this morning

About the funding shortfall to feed Haitians. Click below

Sadly she also talked later on the interview about the desperate need for food in Sudan and Afghanistan but also offered some solutions – here’s hoping

July 17, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

The tractor has been repaired – hooray

And the thistles are being cut down

July 17, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Nigel outnumbered

The goats are very playful this morning

Click below

July 16, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Butterflies enjoying the garden

Red admiral

Small tortoiseshell

Comma butterfly

Large white

July 16, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Early morning fun with goats

Charlie on the slide

Tiny ripe plum just too high for goats to reach but……

These plums are just in range. Click below

Clever Willow

July 14, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

At least the ducks enjoy the rain!

Click below

July 14, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

England in the summertime

The U3A walk this morning in unrelenting rain

We walked through a meadow of Common Agrimony and Wild Basil

This afternoon, in pouring rain, an old friend who used to live in the village, came to pick green walnuts which he and his wife will pickle