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Saturday 2 March 2013

More signs of Spring....


The weather continues to be extraordinarily calm and quiet with sunshine and there is warmth in the sun!  Time to take a look at the garden which is abandoned over the winter. Lots of tidying up to do and it was lovely to start digging the gorgeous black earth again.  As you can see, the hens enjoyed this further sign of Spring too!

Meanwhile Button looks on at a safe distance, supervising the work....


It's still many weeks before I can think of planting seeds. In Orkney it's not wise to start planting much before the end of April.  But a girl can dream... and I've been buying veggie seeds in preparation....


The miniature iris/crocus are flowering under the shelter of the willow trees....


And sheep are being moved .  Mum and daughter leading the way for the flock (while Dad and younger brother take up the rear in the car!!!!). And in the distance farm tractors continue with muck spreading...


We make the best of the weather when it's fine. It could be snowing next week!  But the days are definitely getting longer with sunrise at 07.05 and sunset at 17.41. And at the end of March the clocks spring forward and we get the lighter early evenings too. One of my favourite times!!

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  1. I love the sheer nosiness of chickens, Sain, and am glad you're getting such good weather. We had hazy sunshine again today and the ground has finally dried up enough for the farmers to be out muck-spreadinfg here too. But it's still so cold......

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    1. My hens always make me laugh. Sometimes I try and sneak out to the garden to get on with things without interference. But I am soon joined by them all, and they are good company! Has it warmed up yet? Cooled down here again!

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  2. You know, I'd completely forgotten about the clocks going forwards this month - that's really cheered me up!!

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    1. I know - I LOVE it when the clocks go forward for "British Summer Time" and the evenings are light enough to do stuff outdoors again.

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  3. Do you start any seeds inside ?

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    1. Yes, I usually start the courgettes inside. And sometimes some of the flower seeds. But mostly I just plant outdoors. Although our season starts late as we have such long summer days they soon catch up.... sometimes I swear I can HEAR them growing!

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  4. you're so lucky with an early spring :) Nice serie of images !

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    1. Thanks Babzy! It's got a bit wintery here again, but today wasn't too bad.

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