We’ve been struggling with very wet days for the last month. The croft is saturated and the burn is constantly in full spate.
It’s also bizarrely mild for this time of the year. Two years ago when we moved in around now there was snow on the hills and it was about 8°C colder. This week the day temperature has been hovering around 16°C , like a Highland summer, and my plants are all very confused.
I still pop into the polycrub a few days each week to weed, water and harvest what’s ready even though this is supposed to be the down season.
This week I transplanted thirty tatsoi seedlings (Asian winter greens) into larger pots and although I’m horribly late with them it will be an interesting experiment to see if they still grow. The pak choi has done well and it’ll be good to try fresh new green things over winter.
Even when it’s grey, it’s still beautiful. This is a snap I took of the cloud inversions sweeping across the Knoydart mountains this morning from the croft. I don’t think I’ll ever get blasé about this view.
The deer are here in such numbers now that it’s almost impossible to grow anything unprotected in our outdoor croft raised beds. We’ve been left with no choice but to fence off an area if we want to get any harvests next year. A job for next spring, I think.
The posts and wire have arrived already. When it’s built, the fence will be eight feet tall, which is far from great to look at, but is sadly necessary.
I can’t wait to curl up by the Woodburner in the house this winter and plan out the protected growing area. The orchard will have several varieties of heritage apple, pears, damsons and maybe we’ll try cherries too.
Ravencroft Skye 
I know what you mean about the mild weather… our Summer has been really mild so far. I don’t think we have even come close to 40 C yet, which is almost unheard of at this time of year.
Your garden still looks so lush and beautiful, we are down to watering with washing water again, so ours is dry and minimal. It has been cool, but still dry.
Can you grow something on your deer fencing? maybe in front of it? That will block the ‘fence view’, although I don’t really mind that look myself, it makes me feel secure knowing that nothing can get into my food plants.
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Yes, we’ve thought about planting hedge plants along the line of the deer fence. We still might come the spring
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