Pine BarrowNotes

An occasional record of jobs on the holding and walks off it. Mostly written in the evening, mostly about the weather.

Mending the five-bar gate

The top hinge had worked loose from the post and the gate was dragging a groove in the track.

Sourdough starter, week six

The starter is reliable now.

An old map of the parish

Found a tithe map from the 1840s in the county archive, with every field named.

Walking the ridge in cloud

Set off in sun and was in cloud by the second cairn.

Firewood: a year ahead

The stack felled last winter has dried to under twenty percent on the meter, which is what the stove wants.

Laying the hedge, finally

The hawthorn along the lane had grown leggy and gappy, so this was the winter to lay it.