Great for the garden. One of my new water butts fell over, undermined by the water from the overflow pipe, it’s standing on blocks now, not just gravel. Will soon fill up again.
More rain
Time for a sit down
Hawthorn Fly
Hundreds of black dangly legged flies are drifting over the hedgerows, they’re also called the St Mark’s Fly because they usually appear on April 25th every year. Not bothersome when walking in the paddock but will eat the roots of lettuce plants.
Full water butts
Misty day with more than enough rain overnight for the garden and the new hedge.
Carrots
Planted on the 24th March. Doing well in the raised bed which is mostly donkey poo with well rotted compost on top, need to be protected from the deer that visits regularly. Thinnings will be nice in salads in a few weeks.
Enjoying the sunshine
April in Dorset
A lovely month to start a blog! Toadspawn has turned into tadpoles in the pond and the buttercups in the paddock are really tall, almost too tall for the mower.
