Dorset lifestyle
A drizzly day with light winds, tidied the greenhouse and tied the tomatoes to their canes, the cucumbers are newly planted and looking ok. Reset the electric fence, the donkeys grazed the paddock in the afternoon. Fixed a few more of the runner bean sticks, the frame needs to be strong so some of the canes extend into the hedge. Topped up the pond with rainwater, the fish are hungry and the tadpoles are growing. A calm end to the day with a pale pink sunset.
Dorset is great for cycling, lots of local groups and miles of trailways and waymarked routes some of which are part of the National Cycle Network. I cycle all year round and although there are lots of hills to struggle up the going down makes it all worthwhile! There was more rain overnight so the veg are looking good and there’s not much watering required, the straw delivery for the donkeys was just in time and we bought another salt lick to hang in their stable. The tadpoles were crowding round the fish eggs in the pond but they look just the same so hope to have tiddlers soon.
