As for the land itself ,its starting to get a little greener but still waking up to the occasional frost in early may, not good as its destroyed my potatoes, i hope they recover sufficiently,didnt expect frost in middle of may ,as we are around ten miles inland from the coast we dont get the salty warm air of the coast in the morning,we have woken up many a morning to slight frosts and nothing of the sort on the coast where we work,All a learning process i guess, only affected the potatoes and runner beans i had planted, most other veggies ive left in the polytunnel until they are ready, the carrots are under the ground but the potatoes have taken a real hit,its very depressing to see those wonderful green leaves all turn to black and wilt.
Had a busy time in the polytunnel getting it dug over and potting and seeding all the seedlings,very exciting,with all the cold weather weve been having ive been worrying about the warmth in there but they seem fine.
Weve bought a new van (well second hand ) because our car derived van is just getting too small,once we have our boards and wetsuits and a few bits in there it was just no room spare,so weve got a larger transit type van for £2400, i really dont like buying a new vehicle but needs must, very sad to see the old van go, got 1600 for it froman old school mate so it was nice to pass it on to someone i know.spending alot of our time now converting the van into a camper for us to have somewhere to sleep in an emergency and enjoy the summer with, weve enlisted the help of a friend whom is great at carpentry and all that stuff so thats been a great help as its been hard finding the time between work hours to fit it.in. The van has finally been finished after a month of hard work on it,we are very happy with it but took longer than we expected,got room for the boards to slip under the seat come bed, gas stove and leisure battery with a plug to charge our laptop ,phone etc,more hi tech than our home!!on that subject,with the long nights ,not dark until at least 10-1030pm we havent even used any candles or lights towards the end of may .The compost toilet is working a treat, seems to be rotting down nicely with all the leaf and straw in there, reckon well only need to empty once this season,no smell at all!! oh and we had to stop using the river water to wash as we both had cuts turning septic and had to take antibiotics,not good ,the doctor said that the water maybe putting to many bad bacteria on our bodies and the good bacteria cant cope with it to equalize it all out, so we now use rainwater or tap water from work,not proven if its the river water but weve had no problems since weve stop using it..getting a few nice sunny days at the end of the month but still not enough surf,weve been so busy with all the plants and the van so not been to bad,reallly need to get in the water more,the sea is around 12-13degrees and not warming up much lets hope the waves improve next month..
caravan or boat? |
few leaves on the trees(view from caravan) |
ready for action |
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