Roof finished.

Apart from painting which will have to wait for a hot, dry spell.


Now working inside to repair the water damage.

Progress on the goat shed roof.

The forecast was for no rain for a few days so time to get on a hot tin roof.

Autumn raspberries

Path in the fruit cage.


And then I walked down to the local chapel for the funeral of Buddug (pronounced Beethig), who lived on a neighbouring farm. About two hundred people attended a very moving (entirely Welsh) service.

What a morning.

Just right for a late bonfire night...... Or afternoon.


Nice Movember Steve.


He's been famed!

Catch up.

Moving grass from where we don't want it to where we do want it.








And then we had Kate's cousin Walter came to stay for a day. He is compiling a very large family tree and was collecting information.




The deck has gone onto the new footbridge so we can all trip trap across it now.








And now James is here for a few days and Helen and Steve, Immie and Jack due here this evening too.

Putting down more weed control membrane.

The bean poles now have membrane to try and cut down on the amount of weeds.


And looking at another project. A pergola beside the conservatory.


This section of stone wall gets very wet and cold and doesn't get the sun on it to dry it out so we are thinking of ways to shelter it.

Cutting the grass.

A fine, bright day so ideal for cutting the grass with the new mower. It works a treat.
One of the next projects is replacing the corrugated steel ( was it ever made of iron?) on the goat shed roof. Visitors - you have been warned!

Winter is approaching.

A light dusting of snow on the tops today.


And a beautiful light on the rowan tree.

A better day.

The weather has improved so back to gardening. Weeding and pruning. Very boring. So here are some lupins instead.


They are amazing. They have flowered constantly all year - sorry Judith. They were cut back a few weeks ago and have clogged again, as they say in Yorkshire.
And a new toy has arrived.


Not a toy at all but a very serious piece of engineering.

A wet day. A very wet day.

So time for clearing up the workshop.


I am sure someone goes in there and makes the mess when I am not looking.


Still raining so nothing to do but go and plan the next holiday.

A gardening day.

A day of emptying the compost bins, preparing vegetable beds and weeding. Plenty of worms in the compost.


And plenty of strawberries on this plant. It is just inside the pollytunnel where grandchildren can find it easily. But none here so I have to eat them.


I will divide the plant up when it stops fruiting so plants will be available to visitors.

Progress on the path.

It was also a wonderful sunset sky tonight.


By the way...Friday was spent at the National Library of Wales getting a guided tour and also starting research for the Farm and Field Names project that I am involved with. So I wasn't slacking.

More progress....

We are a grandfather. Again.

Oscar Marley born this morning. 5lb 4oz. Mother (Abbi) and child doing fine.

Monday. Progress on the ditch.

I like it when things work out the way I planned. Using the soil from the path to grade the bank.








These are the 60th trees showing why I chose them!