Last night we collected as much barley and oat straw that would fit into our car, from local farmer, Hamish Pottinger. 
So today, I'm sat outside making string........Chip is listening to every word I say!More photos later today as the string grows!
After a hot day, we had 30mins of thundrestorms and heavy rain. The black clouds have now moved on and are over Orkney (behind me!). The sun is out again so time for a quick photo of my string making. This is barley straw. I still have a bit left, so tomorrow it will be even longer!
Then I'll make a start on the oat straw.
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Now thats a ball of string!! It is reminding me of that fairy tale where the little girl had to spin straw into gold! And what nice light in your photos.
Any signs of hayfever yet?
No hayfever yet!
I finished all the barley straw.
The oat straw was in shorter lengths, so much harder to make into rope. I did manage to make a substantial ball of string from it though before giving up! The oat straw is much more yellowy in colour. The rest I will give to my mum for her hens.
Now I'm up to my eyes in pulp again, making paper!
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