Taking green tomatoes off their stems and putting them on trays to ripen

Tomorrow I will use the big green tomatoes to make our favourite green tomato chutney

Stroke the quails

Climb on the hay bales

Collect eggs

And carry buckets to fill with green tomatoes

Near the strawberry poly tunnel the fennel is flowering and setting seed.

Sadly, I am not too partial to fennel or Jerusalem artichokes or salsify – all of which grow heartily at that end of the garden.

Lily has finally learned to trust me and her desire for hay forces her to stay in the barn when I fill up her feeder.

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The four Bantie chicks keep jumping/flying over the fence much to their mum’s annoyance.

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We have moved Mrs Silkie and her five babies to a new house where they can get fresh air

The black hen with her singleton chick are now in the orchard with their own little house and outside area.

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Another 15th Century church half way along our walk

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And a return to chooks roosting (they had to be encouraged to get down and roost inside their houses)

Cats on gates and duck houses

And sheep enjoying a fresh bale of hay

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This time next week it will be dark by 5pm.

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Cows always appear when fresh hay is on offer

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Given to us as cuttings two years ago and doing brilliantly in a plastic pot this autumn