In what has been the hottest and driest May in over a century in the UK, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we’ve had a bumper solar month, smashing our all-time solar PV production record in the process.
Continue reading Smashed our all-time solar PV production recordWe went to our local garden centre last week to pick up some plants. As we are still waiting for our veg plugs from Marshalls to be delivered (it’s now been over two months now) I browsed through the veg section and an adorable little plant I’d never seen before caught my attention: cucamelons.
Continue reading Cucamelons: Adorable, cute, exotic and amazingAs the lockdown continues with no obvious sign of when the Coronavirus drama will be over, we built a large delivery and parcel box because we’re going to increase the amount of stuff we buy online.
Continue reading Built a large delivery and parcel boxOur pond is a hive of activity during spring and summer, and it’s a great source of entertainment. While we have a deck area, we decided to create a new seating area at the pond with an elevated view.
Continue reading New seating area at the pondOur veg patch is now very, very close to being completed. In this installment, we plant some of the veg plugs we’ve received from Marshalls and get around to installing the gate on sloping land.
Continue reading Our first ever veg patch – part five – planting veg plugs and installing the gate on sloping land
