Category: Main Blog Posts
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A tale of two centipedes
7th February 2025 Today was gardening day. We had several missions. The Beast was due back from the hospital and the lawn was definitely in need of a haircut. We were determined to give Brian a hand with Leafville and I wanted to talk to him about creating a pile for compost/leaf mulch. In addition…
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Bird brain
6th February 2025 I’m getting on. The numerical evidence is the big birthday I celebrated in December. Other evidence? I’ve developed a morning routine at Pollards Mill. I call it ‘doing my rounds’. This begins with opening various doors to let the lovely breezes blow through the house and then moves on to the main…
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Another day…
5th February 2025 …another gutter 💪 This one came with ready-mixed leaf mulch. And not just any old leaf mulch. Oh no. MAHOGANY leaf mulch. Beat that! Nicola did another load of detritus clearing, exposing two more lovely bougainvilleas in the process and collecting a smack on the head from a metal pipe sticking out…
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Fiddler on the Roof
4th February 2025 Brian may be Superman, but he can’t do everything. We need to contribute in the grounds where we can. My main input there to date has been riding the Beast (the mower). Unfortunately that ground to a shuddering (and hopefully temporary) halt a couple of weeks ago when I smashed into a…
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Clearing the detritus
4th February 2025 Today has been the day of clearances. I started the morning down at the boundary wall trying to tackle the wild grasses and river tamarind trees that have been growing wild and covering the coral stone walls and engulfing some lovely shrubs. Brian has his hands full and keeps telling me one…
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Sargassum weed
1st February 2025 Saturday, market day. As has become the norm, this morning we woke with the sun, moaned and groaned as we mobilised our ageing joints. Without further ado we jumped in the car and made it to the coffee queue at Brighton farmers market by 7.30. We had a couple of missions. Firstly…
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The dry season
27th January 2025 This is a brief companion piece to ‘The wet season’ posted on 17 October. Seems Brian was right all along (December to March – “Sometimes more rain than sun, sometimes more sun than rain”). Wise man. We see the weather rolling in from the south-east if we raise our gaze to the…
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The bar is open
25 January 2025 Yesterday was a big high five day…. after the sad goodbye of an another 2 VIPs, the day before. We are down to four and have been on it full pelt. The bar work has been the priority. So the girls set to work stripping ….. the old garish yellow varnish. Our…
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Now we are six
20th January 2025 Ahhhhh that 2weeks has gone by like a flash and the first of the VIPs have left.. they have been amazing company and we have been so grateful for their multifaceted and extremely generous contribution to the project!!!! We all piled out of the pool to see them off in a guard…
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Many hands make light work
18th January 2025 When we bought the Mill, we knew we were acquiring its furniture too. A big bonus, as it meant we could kick the shipping can down the road. Just as well, given its complexity and expense. We quickly discovered that much of what is here is in poor condition – no complaints,…