Walls & Gardens

Things are getting busy at chez peasant. As easter approaches we have to get a move on now to get the house finished. With this in mind a big job was finally undertaken and Finished!! The jointing of the original stone walls in the lounge. We decided a longtime ago to leave the original suport beams uncovered, they had been covered over with concrete when we bought the house and to do the same with the wall. Having chipped off the cement render and cleaned the stones off we have to rejoint them. It is a messy and long job and we have been putting it off but it has to be done! After two days of jointing the first part is at last finished it now needs to dry out for a couple of days before the final cleaning and sealing of the stones.

Whilst waiting for the drying out we decided to start attacking the smallest field which in the 15 years of neglect has been virtually covered by blackberry..not good! especially as this is where we want to put the goats and chickens when they arrive. After a week of cutting and hacking with ripped fingers from the thorns we have finally broken the back of it. The toppled fenceposts in the picture were actually brought down by the weight of the brambles and i didn't even know the they were there, complete with barbed wire!!!! All we have to do now is take don the barbed wire, put the posts back up and put a new chicken/goat/fox & badger proof fence up!! Thats all...... time for a drink i think.......