2020 round up
Well 2020 has most definitely not been the year any of us expected to have, but here in our little patch of Somerset things have not been...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 6 min
Falling crimson leaves, hazelnuts on the trees, the last of the blackberries adorning the hedgerows
2019-11-05 16:08:20 Spring and summer have come and gone. The garden borders were, and still are, dramatic and glorious. At this point of...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
A catch up on the last two years 'down on the farm'
2019-03-10 20:29:57 Its a cold March day, with winds in excess of 45 mph blowing furniture and pots across the patio accompanied by...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Spring (and early summer) has sprung on the farm!
2016-08-01 23:31:40 (A little late…again!) Spring has sprung on the farm. House martins, swallows, blue tits, great tits, robins and bad...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Winter 2015 - Wet and Windy!
2016-03-02 23:29:31 Apologies for the delay in this blog. November and December came and went in a flash. The first week of December saw...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Apples in the Air
2015-11-02 11:42:05 October has been a month of beautiful autumnal colours with the scent of apples in the air and harvesting taking...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Every day is a School Day!
2015-10-01 10:02:00 Our Indian summer, aka September, was a time of learning for us, starting with a visit to the Orchard Link Annual...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Preparing to say goodbye...to the swallows
2015-09-01 22:30:02 The end of August already, and it certainly feels like the summer is over. The dismal weather doesn’t help, but more...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Trees, Donkeys and Kestrels!
2015-08-09 22:30:28 July has been a busy and productive month (so busy in fact this blog is rather late!) Firstly we were visited by an...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
March of the Soldier Beetles
2015-07-23 13:55:05 Our great hope for the orchard is that we can avoid using insecticides - known to kill off good bugs and bees as well...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
A Welcome Visitor
2015-07-16 23:37:30 One of the biggest joys of the spring and early summer has been the residency of one particular chap in the orchard....
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Bugingham Palace
2015-07-16 23:36:26 Of course an orchard cannot be productive without insects - primarily bees of course to pollenate the trees but also...
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PollyMG
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Planting the Orchard
2015-07-16 23:34:02 Exciting times as 57 ‘baby’ trees (or to give them their proper names, maidens and whips) arrived which will make up...
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PollyMG
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
Slack ma Girdle!
2015-06-15 17:27:54 It all began with a Slack Ma Girdle. What a fabulous name! While looking for a property in Somerset we came upon a...
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