19 & 20 March 2016
Saturday 19th was expected to be sunny, and Jade had offered to do a day's work to fund her guitar lessons, so she and I tackled the garden, while Dave continued with the limewashing.
Saturday 19th was expected to be sunny, and Jade had offered to do a day's work to fund her guitar lessons, so she and I tackled the garden, while Dave continued with the limewashing.
Jade decided we weren't digging in the manure properly in our raised beds, so she showed us how it should be done (we do it the lazy way, being old and creaky (and wise))
A little 'hurrah' moment - Dave finished three coats of limewash on the south wall
I dug in this Mulberry
Jade still hard at it
Dave started on the latest section of plaster - around the front door
I dug in the second fig, and a nitrogen-fixing black locust, and trimmed the suckers off three of the big olives ...
... and built this (barely visible, behind the new-planted sweet chestnut) rustic fence - entwining olive branches into the neighbour's string and rebar border line, to dissuade the small flock of sheep that roam locally.
Close up of one of our ancient olive trees - the tiny yellow flowers will be next year's crop.
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