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Free stone!!!
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Just cute. Hibernating snails?
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During some crazy mini storms we found ourselves with an abundance of downed branches, so it was time for another little burn. Putting the burn pile on a bramble patch I got two birds with one stone.😁
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And chard.
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And chestnuts
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Black walnuts
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And sloe berries of course.
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Late season apple harvest
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Loving having family here with us.
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Preparing bee hives for winter guests
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25m with pick axe and shovels. 🙈
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This is our hand dug trench for the new electrical conduit that is coming from the orangery to the new pad - for the little pump house we are building.
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Thanks to a lovely neighbor for his help: we finally got the new wall filled with concrete. 44 bags plus gravel.
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Autumn mowing. With the rains, mists and heavy dews, we waited weeks, for grass dry enough to mow. Then finally got a window (mostly dry). I mowed for 3 hours straight, getting about half done, before I was chased in by a squall.
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We found the fosse and pool plumbing at the orangery.
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And more pruning
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Brush cutting… slow and steady. This is where the solar panels are going.
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We have been exploring the wines From one appellation over. Madiran might actually be better than our own st Mont.. not to worry we are equidistant from both coop stores. 😆
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Yum
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Closer and closer.
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Bit by bit.
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Progress! The concrete pad for the new pool technical room is complete.
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Footing poured. 80 sacks of ready mix and one very long day. Sincere thanks to our wonderful neighbor for helping me with this. It would never have happened without him.
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