bERRY HILLS

  • 27

    27c today!

  • Plum jam recipe

  • Stone masons create a mill stone by hand in 1966

  • Seed saving

    I am bad at this but I am trying. Current plan is to get lots of seeds into envelopes for spring … Sounds easy but it’s finding the time and also the motivation. Ha!

  • Blackcurrant cordial

    An easy one this: Pick the currants and wash Cover with water and heat When boiling add an apt amount of sugar and mix in. Bottle in sterilised or fridge bound containers

  • Dragonfly

    Just as I started researching whether you can buy dragonflies in, as you can do with bees (seems weird but), I saw an indigenous one over at the barn. YES! As well as being beyond beautiful, they eat clegs. A match made in heaven.

  • 27

    27C today!

  • Tuesday

    Ended up doing a big bike ride (well big for me nowadays anyway) of around 15 miles after dropping the car to the garage for a gashed tyre. What needs doing: Aka the usual shizzle

  • Seed tatties

    I be harvesting my tatties!! Dunno what sort since in the end I got annoyed with my dithering and planted loads of types all at once. Having harvested a portion, I can confirm they are tasty! Some red, some white, all roasters. Apart perhaps from the pirate ones…. Speaking of pirates, I have decided to…

  • Wednesday

    Still noticing more branches stuck in trees 🙁 My fave aspen is looking thrawn 🙁 Went round trimming broom this morning, noticing sapling support is needed. To do this afternoon: Potatoes – done Thistle chop – done Rake drive – still Chainsaw – nope Builders bag empty – done Shop – tomoro Fix my fckn…