Carrots, peas and jam!

A favourite resting place for Fergus is the sand pit, especially when it is a hot day. The boys can spend hours together in the sand pit.

Fyta joins Fergus in the sand pit and it is time for some carrots to nibble.  Fyta manages to eat his ration but Fergus is not so interested.

Nearby, Faro is enjoying his carrots too.  He never refuses carrots although he can be 'picky' with his daily feed sometimes! 

Best buddies, Faro and Fyta  in the field shelter.  This shot was taken a couple of minutes after Fyta had been rolling about, enjoying himself and upsetting all the hay buckets!

A long distance shot of the boys, taken just before 3.00pm which is around feed time so Fergus keeps a close watch on any human activity to see if food is on it's way!

This season's House Martin families have now taken to the wing and are flying around, building their strength and flying experience ready for migration in a few weeks time.  We have over 20 of these lovely, chirping birds from 5 nests around the house.

And finally............the Grumpy Gardener is a happy bunny this week as he is harvesting lots of vegetables from the garden!  So far, 5 bucket loads of peas have been shelled, blanched and now stored in the freezer, along with 2 buckets full of Broad Beans.  The Runner Beans are excellent as are the Dwarf French Beans.  Main crop potatoes are partly lifted and are a good size and it has been an excellent season for soft fruit everywhere.  Raspberry and Gooseberry jams have been made so far and we have lots of Blackberries (Brambles) coming on to add to the jam store.