Resting boys and growing plants

The boys having a lie down at the end of the day, after their feed  and before the sun sets.  Reminds me of  a scene from  Western movies where they form a loose protective circle facing outwards!  The boys were all lying down but as we approach Faro (background) the alert guard, automatically gets to his feet.  Gully (front) does the same but the others remain down, including ..............

Rufus, who is just a few metres away from the group.

A typical Faro pose, whilst the other boys are generally disinterested, he focuses on the activities of the humans!

Small part of a very large amount of wood sawn up as a result of last week's fallen Birch. These are some of the branches but the trunks sections are huge and very heavy.  Still lots of sawing to do before  it is all cut to logs.

A quick peep inside the Keder polytunnel.  The early spuds which were planted a couple of weeks ago are now growing on.  At the far end of the spuds are Coriander and Rocket herbs from last year which I am still using in salads.  There are two vines at the bottom which have begun to shoot and out of sight on the right plots, we have planted some early carrots and dwarf beans.

And finally...........  some of you may remember the Giant Himalayan Lily (Cardiocrinum) which grew to 8 ft in height last summer and produced amazing trumpet like flowers?  We separated the off-shoots  and replanted them but this is the remaining part in the boggy ground and surrounded by Dock leaves!  It is about 1 ft tall at the moment, looking very healthy and growing but we are unsure if it will shoot up again as it did last year - after all, it took 4 annual attempts before finally rocketing.  The book says it will take 3 - 5 years before the off-shoots flower again, but we've often found gardening books to be 'wide of the mark' for growing in this part of the world.