Summer

Summer has arrived and we are working hard in this glorious sunshine to get ready for Fibre East. I have been busy dyeing tops, yarns, silk, and fleece.
The garden has been growing, the field has been growing and the sheep are up to their shoulders in grass again. My Mother has had a glut of soft fruit to freeze this week and we have enjoyed more than one summer fruit pudding.
Below is a photo of yesterdays fruit and there is still plenty in the garden.

This is the first time the gooseberry bush has produced any fruit, just enough for a crumble. This year we have manged to keep Dusty Dog from eating the strawberries or licking them to test if they are ripe so there are plenty for us. 

It has also been a sad week on Friday Mother's little black hen Heidi did not come back home in the evening. We have spent hours looking for her, all round the garden, the field and neighbours fields. We also discovered six hens have gone missing in daylight hours during the last week from other flocks to a fox and unfortunately Heidi has probably also been taken.

Heidi is pictured above with Rodney, her presence around the garden will be missed as she would come and ask for food and would always assist with gardening.

There are new painted tops and dyed woollen blanket peices on the website.