Autumn is well and truly here at Lackan Cottage Farm, and the colours are amazing. This is the time of year for fixing fences, getting the place sorted for winter, and as the land is so wet, cracking on with all the many projects that need attention. First up was to finish clearing the astounding quantities of scrap metal that hide in every hedge, and pile of grass. It’s quite an impressive heap now, and with any luck I’ll get someone to come and collect it this week –
Doesn’t really do it justice, but it’s great to have it all collected up, and know that the horses won’t stumble upon any of it. They are enjoying their new winter paddock, and come and go through the early morning mists..
Having repaired all their fences, we’re replacing some of the tatty old barbed wire with new plain wire ones, and dividing off the areas that are soon to become orchard, and our vegetable growing spaces. Here’s Sirus the dog inspecting my handiwork.
and finally some of the great early morning sun that is such a novely..
It’s got to be worth something all that scrap metal Steve? Are you going to collect the leaves for leaf mould compost? It’s amazing stuff.
beautiful pics Steve, looks like you’re really making an impact!
Yep, it’s worth a few bob, but the problem is getting it to the nearest scrap yard, which is a good half hour drive, and would be 4 or 5 trips with our trailer. Hoping to get someone to give us something, and collect it. I think scrap is about £80 a tonne at the moment. Even if we don’t get a penny I’ll be glad to see the back of it.
Yep, all the leaves that fall outside the stables go onto the compost heap, which should be truly fantastic stuff come next year.