Weaving, horses and woodland walks!

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I have just found some time on this terribly rainy day to write a new blog post. Firstly I should say just how much we are enjoying being here still, I am half sad that we are not here tomorrow as Carol is going to Mavis’s again, but I am also extremely excited about graduating. We have been doing so much we have a sort of routine going (that this morning did not entirely happen as every one was so tired we all woke up late. Just to explain the title the weaving is not of the rug kind, but it is Minty he weaves behind me when I walk with him hehe.

So to keep you all up to date:

Monday was a lovely day spent driving around and gardening at Mavis’s. We also met a lady called Josie who is also a WWOOF host who has this amazing garden full of vege, she also gave Carol some plants, a mustard plant (which turned out to be four!) and spinach tree!

Tuesday:

After feeding the animals we went into Launceston to get some bits and pieces and Carol kindly took us out to lunch while we were there in the Mad Hatter cafe!

We needed to go and get jubilee clip to make these fantastic pea drain pipe containers for the poly tunnel. We had to rush back to go and take Minty to the vets for his jabs and luckily he did as he had a huge tick that she removed. We also saw the cutest Jack Russell puppies while we were there. It was nice to meet the vet, Orla, she was lovely (despite what Reaver thinks, he doesn’t like her after she gave him the snip).

Minty

Reaver



Wednesday:

After we fed and watered all the animals we packed a lunch and headed to the Eden Project. This was absolutely amazing (and we even have a ticket that means we can go back within a year for free!) there were some amazing plants in the Biomes. The whole place is so wonderfully laid out, and at a particularly picturesque part of the Mediterranean Biome Matt proposed hehe!

The 'outlook at the outlook' overlooks the whole mediterranean biome, and where Matt proposed hehe!

Me after I said yes!



It was a wonderful place and now it is one that we will have to visit again. There were some amazing plants and we learned a lot about where different plants come from and what they are used for. I may have to do a complete eden blog as there is so much to write about and so many piccys!

Thursday:

This was the day that the rain started, me and Carol weeded the vegetable garden it is now looking even better than before. Matt also dug out a channel for all the water to drain away from the stables as Carol has to soak and drain the horses hay as they are prone to laminitis. He also started the pea containers in the poly tunnel. So that was a very productive day. I even found a lizard and a slow worm while weeding the edges.

Friday:

Me and Carol finished weeding the vege garden in the rain and Matt finished the hanging thing in the poly tunnel. Then we both murdered many brambles in an attempt to reclaim part of the front garden.

Saturday:

We weeded the poly tunnel and removed most of the strawberry plants to move them outside. We also removed a lot of the rocket and took all the flowers off the plants in the greenhouse. We also discovered that there are four baby swallows in the feed store. We also found the frog (that we thought had disappeared) in the poly tunnel and saw the hedgehog and got a piccy of him. I also have been teaching carol how to view pictures on her laptop. We stayed up very late talking with Carol. I also bucked up the courage to cook macaroni cheese and vege.

the baby swallows

Hedgepiggy

Sunday

We did all the animals including wearing out the dogs in the rain. When we came in for lunch I taught Carol some more stuff on her laptop and I have written this blog phew! We are just getting ready to go plant some more peas in the poly tunnel in the new hanging containers. We have also gone for a woodland walk this afternoon, it was lovely I had no idea how much slate there is in Cornwall.

Anyway I better go before this becomes a novel hehe!

Here are a few piccys I wanted to add:

Ginger

Jessica

I was so excited to get there that I had to take a piccy of the sign.

 Byeeeeeee x x x