Back on the hill after what seems an age. The woodland looks so soft and mellow
Autumn woodland
Lots to do on the hill but still time to have a look round and enjoy the sights and sounds.
The stream has silted up and I must dig it out to prevent a flooded track as we had last year.
Silted stream
The kitchen tent looks wrecked after strong winds have snapped the old A frame. Time to replace before winter comes and coppicing work starts again.
Tent wrecked
Back up the hill the Hugel mound continues to produce.
Squash
Carrots and peas are making a brave attempt to beat the winter weather.
Leeks and peas
Even the French beans have given us a tasty crop
French beans
Clean up and weed once everything dies back. Starting to think about what to plant for next spring.
Our major job has been to weed round all the fruit trees, renew paper or cardboard circles and then to cover with at least a few centimetres of our green compost from The Nantycaws site ( http://www.cwmenvironmental.co.uk/recycling/compost/ ). Its taken about six days hard graft to complete. Each tree has had a barrow load of compost.
Green gold
Apple tree weeded and composted
Black currants
Golden Hornet-Crab apple tree
Lastly we are going to start work on the willow trees to form them into a 2m high hedge (hopefully!)
Watch this space for progress
Looking down the willow tree line
The trees on the other side of the plot are due a little work so as to remove weeds and to feed.
Hazel hedge
AND
Cherry Plum tree hedge
Lots of frogs and spiders about a source of delight
The Pond
and one of our resident spiders
Little old spider
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