Growing, growing .....

Lots of stuff growing in the fields, mainly undesirable. Nettles, of course, are there all the time, though we feel we are now making some spaces of pasture that they are retreating from. But otherwise there are new pests every year. We thought that this year's main problem was going to be ground ivy, but that has paled into insignificance by the triffid-like march of the thistles. Not the variety we've had up to now, but huge great things, the size of a small child and just as awkward to handle. With Scottish-national-emblem flowers on top.

So most of this weekend was taken up with a thistle-chopping programme. Why not use the strimmer? Two reasons: it's not functioning at the moment and in any event chopping them off at ground level one by one is a surer way of getting to them.


But the other thing that's growing is ...... our very first fruit! 

A rather small Worcester Pearmain on one of the trees that's doing well (i.e. hasn't had it's growth delayed by sheep getting at the foliage). There are one or two more on this 
tree, but there won't be any more on the others.

But we know we can get fruit produced.