17.11.2024
It has been raining all day. This is most welcome as the ground was drying out fast and the tanks need topping up now that we are getting some days over 30 degrees. I have been watering the vegetables daily, and we are now eating snow peas with raspberries and strawberries as breakfast food. The zucchini are nearly ready to flower, and the tomatoes are growing well.
It has been an odd season. The nashi pears and williams pears did not flower together so there was very little of the usual cross fertilisation and as a result little fruit has set. The mulberries have are covered in fruit despite the late frosts but I am not sure about how the loquats will go.
The goats have gone mad with two maiden milkers and goats who kidded 3 years ago coming back into milk. As a consequence, we have too much milk and with builders working here there is little time for extra cheese making. The goats are also moulting early. They are usually pretty moth eaten in their appearance till after Xmas but some are glossy already.
I have done the xmas present shopping on line. It is so much easier than trouping round shops struggling through the crowds. Bo and I have once again brought he same gift for at least one of the kids. We should learn to check with each other as this happens most years. Our plans is to have the family party at Bo’s place again because the kids love the pool and spa. This saves me a lot of work too which I appreciate.
Little David is about three months old now and full of smiles. He has blue eyes but his mum thinks they will turn green because this happened to his brother and sister. Indi has finished her first degree. She has done extra subjects this year so she could get qualified faster. She is very relieved to have reached this stage.
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