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The greenhouse is finished! It is so wonderful to complete projects. We think it will really come into its own over winter time when we are hoping to have a salad supply. It will also be great to start seedlings off out of the wind. It has been incredibly windy but...

The photo taken was after the event. Sunny was sitting in the sun, chewing the cud, when Hagrid came up and head butted him on the side. Sunny must have been puzzled. He is friendly to everyone. We don’t know what Hagrid was attempting to communicate but it might...

After a crazily busy few days we are enjoying being at home with dogs and cats and llamas. Clary and Jupiter hanging out Clary playing with her friend Rope Sorrel lying in wait to pounce on dogs Watch out The garden hasn’t suffered too much after the llama invasion....

A huge day as we took Neptune to his new home. It didn’t start well as the llamas didn’t do their usual home visit this morning. They were across the valley over the hill, probably because of all yesterday’s dramas with the new cria. When we found them we were...

Last night, at dusk, the llamas all came up to the house. We all had a bit of a sleepless night as everyone was so unsettled. There was no full moon but a sense of something about to happen. In the morning they all hung around and Lovage was on watch duty. We had...

There was mist in the valley and everything felt lush last night after nearly 3.5cm of wonderful rain. I was starting worry that some of the plants would die and many of the new were not looking happy even although I have been hand watering. The garden is now looking...

Dogs at play We’ve been exploring all the near by beaches. They both love playing in the water and have got very good about being hosed down when we get home.

It all started off with me being bitten by a giant weta just as I was about to go for a swim! Ouch! It left big pincer bites. We have had a few unusual encounters. Some of the spiders we find are really enormous. And the stick insects come in an amazing array of...