As our wet winter drags on, slightly lighter evening, snowdrops, crocuses and the green shoots of bulbs, all give us hope that eventually spring will be in the air.
Continue readingPatatas Bravas, and the portents of spring
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Trouble 2 – Airbourne Solar!
They say misery loves company, and it wasn’t just a punctured tyre we suffered recently at The Secret Acre.
Storm Chandra at the end of January turned one row of our new ground mounted solar panels into the lesser known airbourne variety!
Continue readingTrouble 1 – Screw That!
I’m no expert, but I would say the garden tractor tyre has picked up a puncture!
Four More Paws
Eagle eyed readers will have noticed mention of a dog in both our Christmas greetings and in the tale of our recent sheep invasion at The Secret Acre.
Continue readingApple Cider Vinegar Success
Three cheers for the Apple Cider Vinegar – at last!
Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres at The Secret Acre this winter.
We first, and last, successfully made Apple Cider Vinegar back in 2017, using it the following year for pickling all sorts, even radishes.
But the half dozen attempts since then to replicate that initial ‘beginners luck’ success have all failed.
Continue readingKite Delight
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead.
Red Kites have made an astonishing comeback in the UK, since their re-introduction in 1995.
Continue readingNorthern Lights
In common with much of the UK, there was an unbelievable display of the aurora borealis in Gloucestershire last night. I never saw it this good when living in Scotland!
In case you missed our own pics on social media, here they are again,straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing…
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It’s Cheese Gromit
January is that time, at the start of a new year, when everyone asks us what our new Wedding Anniversary theme is for the next 12 months.
And the answer for 2026, out of box number ten of our ‘Mystery Moose’ of yearly wedding anniversary themes is… Cheese!
Continue readingSeason’s Greetings 2025
As you know, we no longer send Christmas Cards, in favour of posting our news on our blog – http://www.thesecretacre.com – throughout the year. But, wishing all our friends another Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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