As I walked through to the back door at 6am, I noticed the house felt appreciably colder than it has for the past few mornings so I wasn’t surprised when I looked out the window and saw a light dusting of snow on the ground. When I went up the hill to feed the pigs [...]
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Remaining chilly
15 April, 2012
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Harvey, our Border Terrier, was a little put out when he ventured outside this morning and found yet another dusting of snow over a hard frost. He wasn’t the only one: the pigs and the chickens also had their noses out joint over the chill. The first chickens out of the big house turned and [...]
Read more Gardening in the snow
5 April, 2012
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Snow on the ground doesn’t mean the work stops. The new vegetable beds still need to be dug so we all went out to do what we could this morning. Fortunately, the warm spell a fortnight ago ensured the ground wasn’t frozen beneath the snow, which meant the soil was workable.
Read more More snow on the croft
3 April, 2012
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The snowfalls that blew over us yesterday continued into the night, depositing about 15cm (6in) of snow on the flat areas around the croft. Strong winds ensured the drifts were significantly deeper. Gus, our Berkshire boar, was out early exploring his changed surroundings but the sows were smarter. They didn’t emerge from their warm and [...]
Read more Normal weather resumes
2 April, 2012
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The house felt a little cold when I woke this morning. Not bitterly cold, but definitely colder than the 14ºC we’ve experienced over the past fortnight thanks to the warm spell that saw outside temperatures scrape above 20ºC on several occasions. I wandered out the back door, expecting cloud and perhaps rain. Instead, I found [...]
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