Saturday, 25 June 2011

Bram and Celine came over from Holland and tackled all sorts of hard work with humour and surprising enthusiasm.  Enough wood stored now for half the winter - a cleared patch for the hens to forage in, with a fire-break the fox has to cross before reaching his dinner - all very good.  Bram and Celine also started clearing a massive bramble from the "fruit cage" - plenty more to be done there but the reward is lots of bright fat sweet fruit for the jam pan and freezer.
We also took a breather to check the hay meadows - the recent rain has given a bit of growth but not enough.  If I cut it this short, most of the leaf will fall to the ground and not be picked up by the machinery (that I still have to use).  So we have to wait again - need some warm sun again, like we had in April - hope it grows enough before it goes stalky and poor!  No such thing as a happy farmer, of course.  Except when wwoofers do as well as this.
(The blog lists jobs and problems - but we forget those in the evening - we have a good laugh over dinner, sit round and swap stories and ideas.  Best part of having wwoofers - nearly.)

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