Picture the scene. It’s about 9 o’clock in the morning and I’m sorting the recycling into the right bins. It’s usually easy. There’s glass, paper, textiles, plastic, etc in one bin, food waste in another and cardboard goes in the blue sack. We also have the compost bin. The very […]
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Snow Hare Doodle
I’m redirected and put on hold. Again. I’m listening to ….oh I really don’t know what. It’s up beat music, without being too annoying. Yet. I rest the phone on my shoulder, with my ear keeping it in place, and pick up a pencil and start to doodle. Some time […]
Read moreHomestead Day
Last Sunday, we had a homestead day. We started by clearing the kitchen garden, ready for the winter. We have been unbelievably successful in this area. A couple of years ago, the children helped me move numerous wheelbarrows of manure, until the whole plot was covered in about a foot […]
Read moreHandmade Potting Shed
When my old potting shed was blown down in the winter storms, I just wrote off the idea of having a potting shed. We had more pressing things to spend our money on. I would make do with a corner in one of the other sheds. No big deal. Turns […]
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