Moving to the countryside and a rural setting has many perks, but one of the downsides is that you can get cut off from medical and emergency services.
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Our route to sustainability has been slow and steady, so I was really excited to be contacted by Bamigo to try out their bamboo T-shirts*.
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Just when we thought we were rounding the corner of another mild winter, we were hit by freezing cold easterly winds in early February and our temperatures tumbled to -6C.
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We finally had a break in the winter weather, so we decided it was time to finish some of our winter pruning jobs around the pond. As part of the…
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Last year was the first time we ever grew our own vegetables on a scale to potentially feed ourselves, and we think it was reasonably successful. More importantly, we gained…
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We woke up this morning to several animal notifications from our Netatmo smart security camera. When we reviewed the footage we were pleasantly surprised to have our first ever badger…
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We’re halfway through our second winter with the 18kW Caernarfon air source heat pump (ASHP), and it’s time for an update.
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Living in a rural countryside setting has many upsides, and enjoying the natural wildlife and birds is definitely one of the them. Switch off for a few minutes and enjoy…
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When we installed our air source heat pump two years ago, all our running costs and calculations were based on electricity being sold at around 15p/kWh. We’ve changed electricity providers…
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For a recent DIY project, we needed to get a thin piece of sheet metal installed in the kitchen. It was astonishing to see how expensive sheets of metal were…