Following a delivery to Tatnam Patch of the offcuts from the LUSH Straw Bale Coldstore, Harriet, Ken, Marcos and Fliss dodged the rain on Sunday to shift the straw mountain by the gate to be stored in the old leafmould bins at the other end of the site. We have already used some on a few of the beds.

Ken and Marcos shifting strawstraw store

Ken and Marcos shifting straw

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Gary and Andy arrived quite late, and excavated the overflow pipe from the greenhouse to the pond. Gary found a new hole in one of the two pipes, and we later found that a fork had pierced right through the other one. Andy cycled home for glue and a short bit of downpipe to patch the pipes, and reinforce the join, and we were back in business. A large root of the willow by the pond had heaved that end upwards, so water was no longer being delivered efficiently. Darkness overtook us before we could lay stones along the length to reduce the chance of over-enthusiastic weeding repeating the breaks. A job for next time, along with overflowing the final bath in the greenhouse to see whether it actually reaches the pond.