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Nether Holbrook Farm, Rutland. Shepherd, gosherd, keeper of hens & other livestock. Heritage fruit orchard. Growing & preserving my own organic food. Interested in art, history, landscape, nature, gardening & rural life. Owned by emus. #RoseWednesday 🌹

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 1h

Porridge made with full cream Jersey milk & topped with homemade spiced Pitmaston Duchess pear jam 🍐😋

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 5h

Late bramble flower in the drippy murk of a drizzly morning. Apples look washed on the trees as overnight mizzle has soaked the landscape, beading spiders webs clinging to the long grass. The sheep are under cover, enjoying the newly tinned roof of their old field shelter.

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 14h

Another grey & drizzly day though the intermittent rain did clear the mist after a while. Heard my first migratory Redwings tonight (arriving back here from the Nordic countries). The unmistable 'tseep, tseep' high up above me in the darkening sky.

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 1d

Damp & drippy. This hanging basket of petunias is still going strong, lighting the dull grey morning with warm salmon pink hues.

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 1d

it'll get quite damp if you do

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 1d

Sheep in the fog

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 2d

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 2d

Foggy morning inside & out. Juicing soft pears with a few sticks of cinnamon & some allspice berries. Spiced pear jelly on the cards as well as juice.

A stainless steel drum juicer on a table surrounded by curing winter squash bottles of juice & plants with foggy windows

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 2d

I couldn't get over the number of wasps slumbering under the onduline I took off the sheep shed. Lots of them, big queens who were mardy at being evicted. Yours must have all come down here

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 2d

Sunset sky

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 3d

Sunset sky

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 4d

oh no, that's heartbreaking. I don't blame you ☹️

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 4d

Still, calm & bright. The sunlight this morning has a golden quality, catching the turning autumnal tree leaves. It has been a good year for marigolds - such valuable plants. I have had a great yield from a packet of mixed Calendula & Tagetes. I hope they all set seeds & return

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 5d

My first time trying them (the tree is only 3 years old) & they are superb.

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 5d

Lord Burghley 🍎. The crunchiest, sweet & juicy dessert apple I have ever eaten! Found growing as a seedling at Burghley House, near Stamford 1834. Distributed by John House, Peterborough nurseryman 1865. Popular Victorian variety that stores well. I got my tree from here: applesandorchards.org.uk

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Sally Rose @sallyrose.bsky.social · 7d

Please help if you can. I try as often as I can #Blueskyanimals

Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 7d

We have found ourselves struggling & have had to set up a JustGiving page to help towards farrier, fencing, hay, vets bills & supplies: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

We’d be so thankful for any help towards our goal!

We are so grateful for your support 🐏🐎

#animalsanctuary #rescueanimals

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 7d

wonderful

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 8d

Sunset sky

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 9d

Shepherd's Delight

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 10d

hold on tight

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 11d

🥂🎉✨️

netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 13d

no tripe for me either & only occasional rabbit (my granny always threatened to eat our pet one). Bubble & squeak, toad in the hole & crumbles are regulars in this house but now I fancy pea soup & a good, sticky, jam roly poly.

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 13d

Cor look at these yummy dishes. My childhood fare & I loved it (& still do).
#Homecooking 🍽
youtu.be/sIPj89hMEQw?...

25 Foods BRITISH Families Ate to SURVIVE 1970s Winters

YouTube video by Dear Old Britain

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 14d

Looking for that perfect blade of grass

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · 16d

Sunset sky

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