After the most hectic but amazing month, we are settling down to married life and it feels fantastic!!! We are pleased to say that the elusive Henry turned up this week, a day after we put the MISSING posters up!! Stu is convinced Henry can read, saw them and thought "ooh bugger they're getting worried, best show my face"!!! It has been highly entertaining observing his return and watching the 3 cats figure out some sort of rank and work out who is Top Cat!!!
The crop of toms may turn out to be a bit of a disappointment, too much rain and not enough sun (we felt for you guys while we were basking in the 30C heat of Thailand!!!) has left us with a huge batch of green toms with no sign of them turning!! Green tomato recipes welcome please!!
We are going to try our luck this weekend and plant some 'late' potatoes, carrots and some leek seedlings if we can find any!! Hopefully we shall have plenty of veg then for Christmas Day, as we will have a house full at The Lodge this year, yippee!! Looking for land too as we want to try and grow on a bigger scale next year, have signed up to http://www.landshare.net// fingers crossed!!
Well I must go and check on our two new additions, the hens, Pease and Pudding. They seem to be settling in with the other girls okay, lots of clucking going on out there so that should mean lots of egg laying!!
Friday, 2 September 2011
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Return to The Lodge!!!
Life at The Lodge returns!! Its been a few months. I must admit that with all that has been going on around here, stag/hen dos, holidays and weddings and the planning that it has all involved I totally forgot my password etc and have been unable to access the blog!!! :S
Anyway some form of normality has returned this week. We are back after the most amazing time away (more of that later I'm sure) and are now a Mr and Mrs!!!!
I say some form of normality, but not quite!! Fluffy, Ethel and Lulu are still on their hols, living it up in a fancy hen house!! We are also minus one cat, who is 'stealthing' around the countryside somewhere after point blank refusing to go to the cattery!! Thank you to the various friends for staying and popping round to feed him. Payment included onions and beetroot from the garden!
Pleased to announce that the timed watering system worked a treat and the toms, sweetcorn and chillis are looking good!!
Anyway must get on, bit more planning this week for the BIG party. A last minute venue cancellation and a overly worried landlady put paid to our plans for a rural/local theme, but it has all worked out. After marrying in the beautiful Thailand we just cannot wait to see all our family and friends this weekend.
Anyway some form of normality has returned this week. We are back after the most amazing time away (more of that later I'm sure) and are now a Mr and Mrs!!!!
I say some form of normality, but not quite!! Fluffy, Ethel and Lulu are still on their hols, living it up in a fancy hen house!! We are also minus one cat, who is 'stealthing' around the countryside somewhere after point blank refusing to go to the cattery!! Thank you to the various friends for staying and popping round to feed him. Payment included onions and beetroot from the garden!
Pleased to announce that the timed watering system worked a treat and the toms, sweetcorn and chillis are looking good!!
Anyway must get on, bit more planning this week for the BIG party. A last minute venue cancellation and a overly worried landlady put paid to our plans for a rural/local theme, but it has all worked out. After marrying in the beautiful Thailand we just cannot wait to see all our family and friends this weekend.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Wonder Woman!!
Have arrived back at the Lodge after a week of fun and adventure!! Turned into Wonder Woman overnight and tried out rock climbing, gorge walking and swinging through the air on ropes!! The sight of me first thing on a morning and my distinctive squeals of laughter kept everyone entertained, I'm sure!!!
You would think a relaxed weekend would be in order, but oh no, plenty to do!! Toms all planted. Stu has also had much fun making/installing our timed watering system, cant let our Wedding/Holiday get in the way of another bumper crop this year!!!
Hopefully our hard work should pay off, the garden is slowly coming to life!!!
You would think a relaxed weekend would be in order, but oh no, plenty to do!! Toms all planted. Stu has also had much fun making/installing our timed watering system, cant let our Wedding/Holiday get in the way of another bumper crop this year!!!
Hopefully our hard work should pay off, the garden is slowly coming to life!!!
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Wedding Fever!!
Life at the minute seems to be a blur of sowing seeds, transplanting seedlings, recycling and composting!! I was always a bit hit and miss with the old recycling but since starting this blog I have felt duty bound to recycle and reuse wherever possible!! Of course all the old wine bottles will be reused for this years wine making, if we can get the plum stuff to clear, any suggestions welcome!! Stu has also reused an old gas bottle to make our very own chiminea, a stunning piece of workmanship that looks like a cyberman from Doctor Who!!
Wedding fever has also hit the lodge!! Rings and cake sorted yesterday (amazed at how excited I got over cake!!). Onto invites today! Designing our own with the help of some creative friends!! Getting through the to do list slowly but surely.
Wedding fever has also hit the lodge!! Rings and cake sorted yesterday (amazed at how excited I got over cake!!). Onto invites today! Designing our own with the help of some creative friends!! Getting through the to do list slowly but surely.
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Back to Reality!!
Another weekend at The Lodge over! It has been very productive none the less.
After I developed an irrational fear of the hens late last year (they were trying to land on my head honestly!!), it was left to Stu to see them through the winter!! He had his revenge though and the spring clean of the hen house was left to me, no amount of welly stomping was going to change his mind!! All that chicken poop will help with the composting though.
Most of the seeds have now been sown, I may have my first disaster! After listening to Monty Don for 5 minutes, Stu is now a gardening expert, advising me not to plant out my radish and spinach until the first proper leaves had appeared!! I am loath to say he may have been right, their not looking to happy in the planter!! You live and learn!
After I developed an irrational fear of the hens late last year (they were trying to land on my head honestly!!), it was left to Stu to see them through the winter!! He had his revenge though and the spring clean of the hen house was left to me, no amount of welly stomping was going to change his mind!! All that chicken poop will help with the composting though.
Most of the seeds have now been sown, I may have my first disaster! After listening to Monty Don for 5 minutes, Stu is now a gardening expert, advising me not to plant out my radish and spinach until the first proper leaves had appeared!! I am loath to say he may have been right, their not looking to happy in the planter!! You live and learn!
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