Ady emptied the Rangerover of wood and seaweed onto the croft this morning. I sewed up my jeans – I won several second hand pairs on ebay just after Christmas so currently have about 5 pairs without holes in so my worst holey pair were relegated to repair material and my second worst have now been patched up and become my croftin’ jeans. Then I went outside too. While Ady moved the seaweed into the walled garden and spread it on the raised beds then carried some of the wood up the hill next to the wood shed ready for splitting, I took the netting off the top of the fruit cage and rolled it back to the sides. It has been getting more torn and flapping in the wind catching on the tops of the fruit trees and damaging them. I had been intending to repair it again but decided that as it is not actually needed on there until there is fruit on the trees and bushes way later in the year it would be more prudent to remove it during the winter storms so did that instead.
We came back up for lunch and then went down to do laundry. We called at the shop for some firelighters and peat blocks then put the washing on. While it was doing we had a wander round the walled garden at the back of the castle where various residents had had allotment plots over the years. We were looking to see if anything was coming back to life for the spring on Ranger Mike’s old plot when Ady trod on a really overgrown shower door and then an old window with perspex in. They were both really overgrown but intact so we dug them out and have put them aside to collect next time we are down in the village with the car. They will make perfect cold frames. The washing finally finished so we stuck it in the tumble dried and walked round to Fliss’ as she had invited us round for chocolate cake. Had a lovely hour or so chatting with her, drinking tea and eating cake, then back to collect the washing.
On the way home we met Mike & Deb who had called up at the Croft to visit us so chatted to them for a while, then Mr Rhys at the croft gate. We fed the animals and then I came in to get dinner on (Scarlett had peeled potatoes, carrots and parsnips in preparation while Davies was tidying his room) and Ady quickly split a load of logs. A round of Blokus before the genny went on, we all talked to my parents on the phone, I had a shower and we had a late dinner and Doctor Who.
Definitely made the most of the window of calm between storms. Anticipating doing very little other than crafting and watching iplayer tomorrow.