Mudlarks

26 - 28 Nov 2019

We are surrounded by freshly turned earth, which is okay when the sun shines, but leaves us behind a moat of mud when the rain comes.

 Looking nice in the sunshine.  The bank will be dry-stone walled, and then more water tanks will be placed at the bottom of the slope.  Not likely to be very pretty, but we thought we would cover them with a frame and grow vines.

 While walking down the track to investigate how the new access will play out, we saw this in the hedgerow.  Apparently a Stinkhorn fungus.  Named in a moment of Seventeenth Century bawdiness, it seems.  It does smell, and it is phallic - surprisingly so. 

 Wellies turn into platform boots in the rain

 Plodding through the mud, working out where we could put salad and herb beds on the top of the bank.

 Chicken update - all six still well and seem happy. 
Laying around 5 eggs every couple of days.

The muddy zone