We are still chipping. It’s madness! No end in sight! I have repetitive chipping injuries now. I need help.

Actually, I need not to chip.

Still, here is a photo of the new chipping pile.

This is about one third of the expected total, if we ever get finished, and collect it all up. The tree-stumps and buoy are there to provide entertainment to the inmates.

MkII compost turners. The one at the front is nearly ready to turn into bacon, but shhh! don’t tell him! And if you’ve seen the previous chipping post, don’t ask what happened to Doug!

Above is where last year’s chippings were. At the back you can see what is left, collected into a pile. This is the good stuff, and is now being thrown around the place – today was raspberry cane feeding day, for example. We have planted potatoes directly in the ground where the pigs and compost used to be, on the theory that there must be some good stuff left in the ground, even if we have picked up most of the compost. All we need to do now is put up a fence to keep the chickens and sheep out. This needs to be done before the potatoes actually get out of the ground, otherwise we will poison all the animals. So, no pressure then.