Leek and cucumber soup
The signs that the summer is coming to an end are evident in our vegetable garden, but the cucumbers and leeks are still going strong, so it was the perfect…
The signs that the summer is coming to an end are evident in our vegetable garden, but the cucumbers and leeks are still going strong, so it was the perfect…
In order to help us get the grass around our smallholding under control, we purchased a cordless, battery-operated lawnmower, the Toro 55cm Flex-Force Recycler.
We had our suspicions that the effluent in our home sewage treatment tank was not as healthy as it should be, and the recent lab results we received support this.…
August was largely a washout with consistent and regular rain, and it ultimately affected a lot of our planned outdoor projects and also had an adverse effect on some of…
It’s been two years since we made a complete lifestyle change, where we left the stress and frenzy of city life behind us, and opted for green fields, sheep, toads,…
We have finished repainting the living room, a project we undertook on wet and rainy days this summer when work outdoors wasn’t possible. The previous owners were terrible painters and…
We’re always on the lookout for natural, environmentally-friendly cleaning products that are not going to adversely affect our home sewage treatment plant so we were very interested to try Smol’s…
With storm Ellen keeping us indoors today, we made marrow, potato and sage soup. We had some fun doing it and recorded it in this Instagram video. Enjoy.
It’s been another busy spell for us as we push to complete projects before the summer comes to an end, and we got to enjoy a perfect evening on our…
The bottom few leaves of our garlic turned yellow a couple of weeks ago, so we headed down the field with a wheelbarrow and pitch fork to harvest garlic for…