To the lovely girls who asked if Spotty and Stripe would be here when they visited, I am sorry to say that they will on holiday themselves in sunny Torquay. However, next time they visit we will make sure they are around.

Well that was a busy day. Margaret and Derek came up and rubbed down the woodwork in the lean to greenhouse and refinished it. Diana went up to the goose enclosure in the top meadow and used some mesh to encircle the small saplings. Hopefully this will deter the geese from chewing on them over the Winter. I would hate to lose them after having to carry buckets of water to them over the long hot summer the year before last just after we planted them. So far we have planted nearly a hundred oak trees, plus an assortment of pines, willows, rowans, ash, birch, chestnut, sycamore and beech. A few years ago we planted two rows of beautiful glowing copper beach down the main driveway and this summer they were starting to look rather pretty. Can't wait to see them next year! Another tree that really likes it here in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, is the fig tree. We have planted 3 of them so far and they are all thriving. As I have a particular weakness for fresh just picked ripe figs they have been a good choice.

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