Today's task is to continue building Hugel beds for vegetables . . . raised beds using rotting logs for nutrition, heat and water retention . . .
Cat has gone to fulfil her exchange: six hens and a cockerel for garden weeding . . . no idea what the exchange rate is, but the system is used a lot round here . . .
The sun is hot now, after lunch . . . later it gets quite cold and the only heating is in the caravan . . . a wood burning stove which makes the small space like a sauna quite quickly . . .
Cat came here a few years ago with Ben, her boyfriend . . . both keen rock-climbers . . . bought the house, two barns, seven hectares of woods and fields, spring water . . . so far, so good . . .
When Ben decided to seek a warmer climate in Andalucia, they sold the house to release his money . . . she kept the barns, with planning permission to convert, and the land . . . planning is one thing, money another, and the conversion is happening very slowly . . . so, there is shelter, with no heating or draught-proofing, wi-fi! , plenty of cold running water, gardens with vegetables, a friendly local peasant, Jean, who helps . . . and wandering helpexers who come and go . . . and, since winter is arriving, this one will be going in a day or two . . .
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