A busy day

Up early as Compostgirl was back at school today. A dull wet cloudy morning gave way to sunshine in the afternoon so I got on with cleaning out the Big Girls' hen house.

I said it was filled with poo!

 That's better!

I also had a look at the compost bins to make sure all was well looking right

and looking left

I am planning on adding a third outside raised bed here when the ground dries off a bit.

I also had a wander around the wood :)

As it is 12th Night we took down the Christmas decorations and moved the tree outside.

I am very impressed with the live tree we had this year, it hardly dropped any needles and still looks very good so we will plant it in the ground and it can become an "outdoor" Christmas Tree :)


I spent the rest of the day sorting out piles of stuff to dispose of - charity shop, freecycle, recycling, composting. Nothing went to landfill!

Later I took Compostgirl up to the Stables to see her favourite horse, Bob, he is poorly and has to have a serious operation this week. We took him a carrot and hope for the best outcome for him.

Taking down the decorations

Yesterday it did not rain ( again!) and it was Twelth Night, so we spent a few minutes taking down the cards, removing the decorations from the tree and packing them carefully away for next year, Compostman took the tree outside - and then we spent ages vaccumning up the needles!

I was actually impressed at how few there were - obviously going to the field on Christmas Eve, eve ( ie Sunday 23 Dec) and cutting down a tree means it keeps much fresher and does not drop its needles so much!)

We did this in the morning, while Compostgirl did her Saturday jobs of room tidy, bird feeder restocking and guinea pig clean out.  After I let the hens out I spent some time in the Polytunnel, tidying up and putting things away. I managed to get a load of washing done as well as a good tidy up of the downstairs ( why do horizontal surfaces accumulate so much stuff? Why?)


Later I put the hens away for the night and we went out to Hereford, shopping. We did not leave home until 4.30 pm and IT WAS STILL LIGHT!  Hurrah!

I dropped into Hobbycraft hoping to buy another needle holder for felting, but they had sold out. I did buy some  Rico-Design-Can-Can-Wool not red and black though! I liked the purple shade so will make a scarf from it - that is the last of my craft budget money gone!

We went to Sainsbury and stocked up on ( mainly) basic stuff, not a huge shop though as we are planning on eating the cupboard and freezer items this month to reduce stocks ( We need to defrost one of the freezers!)

I also had arranged to collect a Tapestry frame from a Freecycler, but we could not find the house in the dark, so I have had to email my apologies to them.



And then after a meal we all settled in front of the woodburner to watch the Christmas "Outnumbered"  and then QI - Compostgirl and Man sat on the sofas and I sat at the table under my new lamp and did some more crochet squares and made some more fabric yarn from old clothes.



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