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Shadows and Storms
Giggles and Guffaws. I have five young people staying – learning how to grow their own food then cook it. And they all get on. There is much to learn from each other and they are working and laughing all at the same time, exchanging information and languages – wonderful. But they are a handful…
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I am here
Everything is good. I have FIVE young people staying now. So there is a lot of wriggling about until we develop the new systems. The French boys are already making themselves at home – they are so brave to come this far and today we are flying through the work. I have no pictures – it…
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A Teaching Farm
Having young people to stay on the farm turns the property from a working farm to a teaching farm for half the year. A place of learning. This is the first year that this distinction has become so clear. As well as being the Farmer I have subconsciously arranged my life so I can still…
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Day Off
The mob and I are packing our boots away, getting out our sandals and off to the city we are going. There is a barbecue festival and something called the Green Living Festival – then I will peel off and catch a train back home in time to milk the cow at 6pm. So we are…
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Back they go
The pea fowl have finally discovered the gardens. MR Flowers has been caught eating the zucchini flowers. The naughty, naughty bird. And here is Pania. Jumping into John’s raised bed garden. Don’t tell him – he still has not forgiven Pania for eating a whole row of baby cabbages three years ago. And they are all watching…
The Kitchen's Garden 