Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Sep 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
I have a lot of birds use a garden hedge as shelter. They seem to use the branches to roost inside all year as it is an evergreen.
There is always a large chorus coming from inside the hedge on a morning. Come rain or shine these birds seem to sing.
There is added shelter because at [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Aug 31st, 2008 No Comments »
can’t believe it’s TWO MONTHS since I started off these notes about harvest. It’s a long harvest this year.
I wanted to show the seasons progressing and how the countryside changes and how the rhythm of the seasons continues. 3rd july first post
I also thought I’d point out that we only produce 60% of our own [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Aug 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
We finally managed to harvest the field of barley.
We had to leave one small corner because the rain started again.
It’s still raining and the ground is very wet and muddy. Usually at this time of year it’s dry and easy to walk on.
We still have fields of wheat to harvest. We are hoping the sun [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Aug 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week I wrote this about harvesting the corn
Our corn was ready for harvesting. On the 31 July we managed to get a few hours of combining done.
We have not harvested any corn since the 31 July. The corn is ready but we are unable to harvest it because it has rained so much.
You can [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Jul 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The day has arrived. Since planting the corn we have been waiting for this day. The corn is ready.
So harvest was here today for two or three hours. Then it rained.
But an hour or two ago the combine had roared into action.
Everyone knew what jobs they had to do.
The corn has to be dry to [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Jul 26th, 2008 No Comments »
It is goodbye to the young puffins at Bempton Cliffs, Bridlington as they will soon be leaving their nests high on the cliffs and heading out to sea.
Today thousands of chicks are nesting on the ledges of Bempton Cliffs. Some instinct tells them it will soon be time to leave their high cliff nests. [...]