Autumn, Leaf Mould and Toffee Apples.
As the Autumn rushes in and out, leaves all a-swirl, it reminds me what a wonderfully cleansing time this is. It is time to shed and let go. As I watch the ponies' coats thicken up in preparation for winter days out on the land, it makes me reassess and think about my own position in the field. Having recently celebrated a year of living here, it's a good time to reflect on our achievements and our failures. Bottoming out our Northern boundary We've had an excellent start to the Autumn, with Phase Two of fencing now complete. We are now over 50% fenced which means we can work the land in a much more organised and structured manner. Early autumn was all about intensive hedging. Not only siding up, but major bottoming out. Are you with me? Basically we thinned out the sides of the hedges and lifted the horizontal growing branches to make room for the fences to go in. The bottoming out was intense. Our North facing boundary...