Machete mania

Been clearing out the greenhouse at work, it's about the size of a soccer pitch. Just one section though. Lifted the heavy irrigation pipes to the side, rolled up the sheets that stop the weeds and put all the debris into the dumper. Next, lit up the gas torch and burned all the holes where tomatoes had been to kill any disease. Looks good now, ready for new life:)

Also been stripping leeks, cutting cabbage (red), picking spinach and chard and feeding the sheep hay. Nice warm weather for December.

Here's a short vid of me going to cut leeks, the machetes are really good for cutting them, caulis and cabbages but they get blunt after a while so we carry oil stone sharpeners. You pull the leeks up, sometimes they are really stuck in, keeping them low and shaking the mud off. If it is wet this is some task as you end up wearing half the field on your boots. You then lay the leeks down in a row so they don't get covered in stripped leaves or mud. Taking a heavy wooden box we cut the roots off leaving about a cm on and strip the outer two leaves or any ragged ones. Then chop the leaves leaving about half the green showing. You have to keep the box moving as soon you are standing in a big pile of leaves.

             Drove to Sussex to deliver veg, didn't see any deer this time (Ashdown Forest). Sometimes, especially around dusk the deer jump out in front of me. You have to always be on your guard in the woods. It is an amazing area with lovely open spaces and nice views. Cattle and sheep wander about in a sort of reserve grazing by the side of the  road with no fencing.
           On my route I drive through a small stream in the road at the bottom of a hill, really quaint.I'll get a picture next time.
            This is Winnie the Pooh country and I drive through the village where Christopher Robin bought candy (Hartfield). There are lots of references to the characters around the area.