Pond maintenance and new marginal plants
We ordered some marginal pond plants at the outset of the covid lockdown and received the usual “expect a 4-6 week delay” message. Our marginal plants arrived this week, about…
We ordered some marginal pond plants at the outset of the covid lockdown and received the usual “expect a 4-6 week delay” message. Our marginal plants arrived this week, about…
Ever since moving in we’ve had varying degrees of WiFi issues, which has left me pulling my hair out at times. We tried a lot of different things, and I’m…
We’ve enjoyed growing Brussel sprouts as first time gardeners because they’re very hardy, and so far they have only been prone to slugs and caterpillars. This week, we took the…
The Netatmo home weather station is providing us with great weather data, and we’re loving it. What makes this system even cooler is that it has integration with IFTTT (If…
We’ve been looking at camera and security options for a while, but nothing was ticking the boxes we required until we came across the Netatmo Presence Outdoor Camera*.
The butterflies have been out for weeks, and during my morning vegetable garden rounds I saw a few odd holes in some of our brussel sprout and broccoli leaves. You…
The weather from late spring into summer has been all over the radar. After a dry, sweltering May, the temperatures have remained on the cool side with a lot of…
Our courgettes in the vegetable garden are currently producing vast quantities of fruit, so we’re going to share our easy-to-make, exceptionally tasty courgette soup recipe with you.
We wrap up most summer days with a cold beverage in the front garden or by the pond, and we recently purchased two craft beers to try.
We’ve seen a lot of awareness in the press in recent years about good gut health, but when you live as rural as we do then the health of your…