Gathering winter fyoooo-ellllll

Today our central heating arrived for winter.

5.5 tons of turf

I can't really describe how much turf is in 5.5 tons... and wish now I'd taken a picture...

Suffice it to say - it's a lot. And John who delivered it in a tipper lorry had to dump it on the yard, on a tarpaulin. Then it had to be stacked in the shed. Despite trying various implements to speed up this task (snow-shovel, fork, spade) it was too hard and lumpy, so the only way to shift it into the turf-store was by hand. It took 3 days. Mainly Steve, with Ellie and I helping. But YAY - we have enough to heat the house and the hot water till spring.

This will be supplemented by the logs that were left behind by the previous owner. However these are still in a stack on the driveway and require chainsawing and then splitting and stacking.

But not today !!