It's been a busy few weeks, with the fun, heat and mayhem of Latitude followed by serious work on planning and building regulations during a damp August! 

Latitude is just a few miles from Ivy Grange Farm, and Nick and I worked out a great cycle route through the quiet lanes, and pedalled over each day, taking advantage of our comfy bed by night (wimps, I know).  With just one puncture, we did pretty well.  It was our first Latitude, and we had a great time:  Tom Jones; Florence and the Machine; Sadler's Wells; the local Hightide Theatre group and the fab new contemporary art prize, the place was buzzing. 

It's official - these are horse mushrooms, and they taste yummy, especially in an omlette made from our neighbour's bantam eggs.  Highly recommended! 

The prototype hammock has arrived and after a lengthy period of assembly, Nick is taking a well earned rest during one of the occasional bursts of sunshine.  Our friends have been enjoying it so much over the summer that we're planning to have one by each of the yurts. 

The auction rooms in Diss are a fantastic resource for essential farmyard goods!  We spent a productive

day bidding and returned home (courtesy of a flatbed lorry) with galvanised tubs which will become water butts, a couple of lovely benches/pews, a cast iron table, a chapel door (don't ask) as well as half a dozen troughs (including a slate one which is too heavy to move) which will be turned into raised beds (bunny-proof, hopefully) for more blueberries, strawberries, beans as well as herbs.  Another 40 sacks of horse manure arrived at the weekend, which joined the pile for rotting down over winter.  Roll on next year's Horticultural Show! 

August is a great time of year for combine harvester fans!  I love the look of oil seed rape as it's being harvested. 

And finally, time for some R&R by the fire pit.