Saturday 20 September 2014

Back in blogland

Hello
Back from Cornwall
The weather was lovely. A little bit of mist that lifted to beautiful afternoons and evenings,
D. Was able to fish every day and we bought home a  travelling freezer full of fish. I had some pretty good CS finds - gardening clothes, a lovely boucle jacket and a pullover. My friend J, with whom we stay, had collected several bags of rubbish flour from the mill she volunteers at, for our chickens. Good hauls all round.

 We collected an animal trailer from a friends on the way back. We need this to take the sheep on their final journey on monday. As we keep so few animals nowadays we can't justify keeping an animal trailer, so sharing is the answer.

Tomorrow we will be picking and picking and gathering and collecting. Some stuff for eating, some for selling. The garden looks as though we have been away for a month not a week! A friend is coming to cut the family's hair (whoever turns up gets a haircut!) and then staying for tea. Then it's over to some friends for the evening and another weekend's gone.
 Just a quickie tonight as I am taxi for my daughters who are getting together at the nearest town with some friends.
Back soon
Gillx

15 comments:

  1. Welcome back, good to hear the fish were biting and the weather good.

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    1. Thanks. See you did well at the car boot. Haven't been to one in years.
      Weather still good up here though now going decidedly chilly

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  2. Mackerel? I like the sound of the family haircutting fest, I would probably be absent. Welcome home.

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    1. D. caught three mackerel, which he gave to our friend as part of a thank you for putting us up. There seems to be a little more mackerel around this end of the year. We bought home ling and pollack.
      I didn't have my hair cut either. Too busy digging up spuds.

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  3. I do like fishe we had mackeral last night pan fried with garlic and bay leaves it was lovely.
    Haircut party sounds great I need a trim can I pop along :-)

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    1. We gave the mackerel caught (3) to our friend.
      We'll be having another soon if you want to come along and stop for tea afterwards. Mnd you it's a bit of a treck from your place to ours for a hair cut!

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  4. Welcome back! Love mackerel too! I like mine pan fried in oatmeal, with peas and a creamy herb potato mash.
    You are going to be busy by the sounds of it!
    Have a good week. xxx

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  5. Do you put the hair in the compost or use it as a mulch to keep the slugs at bay?

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    1. Thanks. We pan fry Mackerel too.
      It's the kind of busy I like - Harvesting !
      We just throw the hair out onto the lawn in the first half of the year and the birds take it for nesting. Later we put it outside the orchard and hen house to deter foxes.(as you may have gathered this is not fool-proof)x

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  6. I hope the weather stays kind for you to catch up on all the outstanding jobs.

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    1. We need the rain to stay off while we get the potatoes out. Took out just two plants yesterday and the crop was enormous. we need to get our skates on as I am watching the weather forecast and it might get wet soon.

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  7. Welcome back, my allotment looks atrocious after a few weeks away due to a back injury so I know how you feel x

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    1. Crikey. after a few WEEKS away you'll have a job on there. Mind you I bet you will find lots of treasures under the weeds. Hope you are fully mended soon

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  8. Welcome home, it sounds like you had a very productive time away with a nice haul of fish for the freezer. There is always catching up to do at home, dont worry about it 😊 I love the sound of the family haircuts. Xx

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    1. Thanks. I try not to worry about how much there is to do, but sometimes I feel overwhelmed. Fortunately my family keep me pretty grounded and will always muck in if I asked them.

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