Return to the land of Blog

After an inordinate and quite honestly dreadful amount of time away from Blog Land - I have returned! And boy have we been busy down at the Five Sheds small breeds and vegetable centre! This year sees the launch of the Five Sheds hedge veg, plants and seedlings stall positioned just out side of the gate and offering a variety of good things to grow, eat or just look at. Back in the greenhouse a hive of activity has resulted in seedlings of numerous vegetable and flower plants being sown, potted on and trundled down to the gate. So far sales are slow but as people get to know, so I will be busy potting and pricking out into the wee small hours. The Five sheds garden is blooming and the veg beds rapidly filling with little green shoots promising a bountiful harvest later in the year. The hens - yes we now have three - are doing really well. Sadly we lost Sybil to old age (she was an elderly chicken when we got her) but she was soon replaced by two sweet little things which quickly grew into great hens and who along with Polly, produce up to 21 eggs a week. Sad news also as we lost Ruby - our beautiful German/Belgian Shepherd lady at the ripe age of 14 who very quietly and very suddenly fell ill and within an afternoon had left us to go and chase celestial rabbits in a world where fireworks can't make her shake with fear and Velcro doesn't exist! Yes our Ruby was absolutely petrified of Velcro! We shall also 'gloss over' the whole end of the summer/autumn period when following 'that' car accident (those who know me personally know the full story) I spent weeks repairing from a cracked sternum. Have recently discovered that this is still not completely healed so am having to take things a little carefully and be sensible. Great news - It is now nearly six months since we gained a new German Shepherd - Izzy who is five years old and rescued along with a good history and a love of water - any water, clean, dirty, smelly - doesn't matter - she'll be in it! Oh and she also makes it impossible to water the garden as she chases the water coming out of the hose pipe. Ruairi and Izzy have become very good friends and spend a lot of time playing, chasing in the garden and snoozing together. And for the closing entry to the return of Five Sheds our final momentous news - we have been SMOKE FREE for nearly 6 Months! So a healthier Blog as well!