OK, so I've run out of witty

things to say about managing last year's hideous happenings. '08 is gone and '09 dawns fresh and new with everyone I've spoken with feeling positive about the year to come. If our fruit trees are anything to go by then all will be well. :D

We arrived on Dec 27 feeling rather nervous about how the trees would be faring after being so neglected this year by comparison to last year's mollycoddling and we were very pleasantly surprised!

Yes, there were still weeds everywhere



and Woody's sheep had made a terrible stinky mess in the shed, but we couldn't believe it when we saw Bonnie's tree and it had fresh growth on it, and our apple trees had these...





The potatoes from last year have sprouted again and we have three nectarines growing happily!




So, so far so good... mulching deeply has come up a winner!

More later... stay tuned!