Hello again! Here's some pics from April:
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| Rainy walk in the early rape fields |
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The new arrivals settling in!
We started with 8 hens - 6 two month olds and 2
ready to lay-ers. Sadly now have only 6.
(The high up coop evidently didn't keep out
ALL the baddies!)
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We used fleece this year on the early veg and it worked
a treat - although it doesn't look too pretty |
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| Free wood chips on the path ways |
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| Arches for climbing veggies |
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| Lots of dandelions for the bees! |
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Now the water pipe was buried we could continue
work on the patio in front of the barn. |
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The main reason for building this was to get
rid of stone and rubble from around the garden!
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Building the wall /
Starting to fill with stone
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Using pretty old bricks
for decorative edging
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| Stones, stones everywhere |
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| And it's full! |
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| Another rape walk in the sunshine |
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Starting a few other jobs around …
stone step onto the patio
digging out the fallen retaining wall
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| My mum and dad came to stay! |
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Obviously we roped them into helping!
Almost 6 hours of solid work later we have a patio!
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| To celebrate, we went to Veliko Tarnovo for a day/night |
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| Panoramic lift in the hotel! |
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| Arbanasi the next morning |
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| Back home, chilling on the new patio! |
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| We went for a 10 mile walk around the local villages |
Thanks!! Bye bye! :-)
What a fantastic blog, i have just spent a couple of hours reading page after page! I currently have a motorcycle stored in Idilevo after riding it across central Asia. I was amazed how many expats were living in the village, but they were all older mostly retired. Being a similar age as you two, its very interesting how you are choosing to live your lives. Here in Australia (i assume its the same the UK) taking out a massive loan and working(giving up) half a lifetime to payoff it off is seen as the only option to put a roof over your head . Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteDear Minty,
ReplyDeleteWould I be right in thinking that you have decided to continue with your blog? If so, a BIG HOORAY! As for us, my blog has now collected more than 38,000 "hits" and I am still teaching at St. George's School in Sofia.
Thanks God you're alive)
ReplyDeleteDear Minty,
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you are blogging again! Now hurry up and write another post!