Posted in house and home on 17 May 2008 | No Comments »
The plumber came, connected the gas to our other cooker (other than the cold rayburn), himself wired the cooker to the cooker point we had in back along (duel fuel) and now we have the ability to cook without the rayburn. The kitchen looks gash.. we have to replasterboard.. since we don’t like the ‘wall [...]
Posted in chickens, grow your own food, house and home, livestock, tagged chickens, eggs on 12 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Another new toy and yes this one was a bit indulgent.. but the egg skelter is so cool, it had to be done.
What a good idea - the eggs are arranged in the order they were laid.. so you eat them in the right order..
take the bottom egg and the rest all roll down; it’s [...]
Posted in being greener, general wittering, grow your own food, house and home, self-sufficiency, vegetables on 10 May 2008 | No Comments »
very hot here today - which actually got in the way a tad, of all the things I wanted to get done - as wilting was not on the list! I burn so easily that I mostly avoid the mid day sun.. perhaps I should take to siestas!
By 4 it was just perfect - and [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, general wittering, house and home on 9 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have mentioned a few times that we have too much lawn.. despite digging lots of it up for veg patches.. and plan to bring the fruit garden into the lawn next year.. but still we face the irony of cutting the grass being the only time we use motorised machinery to do any work [...]
Posted in grow your own food, house and home, self-sufficiency, vegetables, tagged vermin on 6 May 2008 | No Comments »
Caught in one of the instant death traps this morning. Let’s hope he was working alone. I feel no remorse.. it was him or our food.
Posted in grow your own food, house and home, self-sufficiency, vegetables on 5 May 2008 | No Comments »
Yes - the main reason I raise most of my plants in modules prior to planting out, is to protect them from pests.. mostly slugs, but also mice. I experimented with planted peas direct this year, and mice ate the lot. So it is somewhat depressing to find there is a mouse (or mice) in [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, grow your own food, house and home, make it yourself, self-sufficiency on 2 May 2008 | No Comments »
Now have a water butt set up for the greenhouse. Up until now, we have been collecting rainwater.. but not in the right place. We have a 400 gallon ex-juice container collecting off the old piggery, but to get water to the greenhouse means filling up two watering cans, walking up the lane, up the [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, general wittering, house and home, self-sufficiency, tagged solar energy on 29 April 2008 | No Comments »
I remember my mum once telling a visitor that the reason they were insulating the loft was because the garden was falling into the river.
It’s logical really - let me explain. My parents had chosen to buy a house with problems, and a large garden, rather than a perfect house with no garden. ( See? it [...]
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