Chain Saw Pruning

I am really busy at the moment with the HPS Seed distribution which does take up nearly every spare moment, but saying that I did get out into the garden on Sunday the weather was absolutely lovely and we got quite alot of 'pruning' with the chain saw done. It is a not a tool to be taken lightly as it can do enormous damage, but as we needed to take lop some branches off trees that were hanging down too low it was just the 'man for the job'. It was so good also to get out into the garden and the fresh air after being stuck inside for what seems like weeks but was infact only days.

Lesley in the vegetable garden has taken up all the raspberry canes as we had a bad attack of mosaic virus which affects them with a marbling of the leaves and a lack of raspberries. We have got a new variety that is supposed to be virtually disease resistant.

Festive Hedgerow Faire

On day last week on my morning walk with the dog I collected some hedgerow rosehips and sloes to make some Christmas Faire. I now have 'brewing' in the cupboard some rosehip vodka and some sloe gin. The recipes are easily found by looking on the internet and are very easy to do. The vodka at the moment looks like homemade tomato ketchup but closer to Christmas I will strain it through first some muslin then a coffee filter. I must confess that I have had a little 'try' and it is pretty good already. The sloe gin is in an old milk carton and I regularly shake them both to get the flavours mixed. Well I need something to look forward to at Christmas so it is not all cooking.