And still more help!

Paula and Andrew returned today to finish a couple of jobs that they hadn’t managed to fit in on Saturday - despite our efforts to persuade that they’d done enough already.

They weeded the gooseberries and tayberries before mulching them, then mulched the line of hawthorns planted on Friday, and then mulched and pruned a line of hawthorns that we planted last year.

As they downed a cuppa before leaving, Paula apologised for not being able to do more! And on top of that, she wouldn’t take anything in return for the help.

Preparing horseradish

Start by lifting several large horseradish roots. The woody main stems are preferable to the slightly rubbery side stems, but the latter can be used if need be. This root is two years old.