Ecofarmer

re-settled in Hungary from Rochdale, Lancs, England, and into a little village, doing a bit of greenish farming hoping for a quiet life... but stuff just happens...

Monday, October 19, 2009

wow!

Thanks for the comments! Glad Raimundo, you're still following and
Brad - I feel famous! All refreshed and motivated here comes the next episode of Kiskassa life - hm - nothing much to report...
well, the night out in Pecs was pleasant,
first we - well Alan and Dodi mostly - played pool than the chinese meal in the fairly posh place - unfortunately I remembered wrong, they had no indian food, never mind. The chinese set meal we had was ok, and people on the large side shouldn't complain about stingy portions. It was a bitterly cold and wet night.
Next day I went up to Budapest to stay with my mum, do an official thing, meet the girls, Eszter made excellent pictures of the narrow boat adventure.
I intended to return home on Saturday, but hungarian railways interfered - well there was an accident somewhere in Miskolc, which paralysed half the services - the disadvantage of making the Pecs intercity go passed Budapest. I decided to avoid stress and postpone the journey one day.
Unfortunately I missed Tamas (who set up the Hungarian WWOOF - good luck with it) and family.
Just as I was settling back to the old (worryingly varied) routine we had a booking for tomorrow - I thought this would work out well, as the Dutch Peter is to leave tomorrow (he'll be our neighbour for 6 months or so if all goes well, he's renting Nora's house). But guess what - in early afternoon we had an other couple
at the gate! Pierre and Rosy, who wanted to wwoof initially a few months ago, and I had to turn them down, but suggested them to drop in as hostel guests - and they did! Lucky we had the heating on. Also lucky that Zoltan deferred today's lesson for tomorrow, so I could quickly clean a bit next door, make beds and other hotelierish stuff I meant to do tomorrow.
Still managed to collect more paprika, cucumber, tomatoe and aubergine from the polytunnel - so will make the last aubergine paste of the year... and we are hastily eating as much lettuce as we can, as they seem to be coping with the weather and insist on looking good.
The chickens are laying heroically, ignoring the turn of the weather. Collected all the walnuts we would need - considering that we haven't touched last years yet as we had loads from the year before. Should try to get an oil-press going.
I know, you want to know about the goats' goings-on or off - well - this is a cliffhanger!! Goat news and pictures with the next post!

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