Productive time clearing an old vegetable garden next to the orchard and planted eight cherry trees. Also planted a couple of walnut trees and a plum tree in the orchard so looking forward to seeing them all blossom next Spring. Also purchased a second hand lathe which took a while to install as it was so large and heavy but will be a useful woodworking tool.

A fire started on our neighbor's land and quickly spread to one of our fields burning 22 bales of hay, 400 meters of fencing, some woodland and most of the field in an hour. 12 firemen were here for 6 hours to stop the fire spreading. Very scary how fast it spread but we have had no rain for two months so everywhere is very dry. The family worked for a week clearing some land in preparation for planting some cherry trees which was hard work but rewarding result. Our yurt