We eat a lot of homemade soup throughout the year, and my personal favourite is creamy carrot and tomato, especially when all the produce comes from our vegetable garden.
LIFESTYLE
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This summer we gave our utility room a makeover, which was the last room in the house that needed work. The old utility room was dated, dark, and poorly designed.
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We’ve had simple, automated feeders for both Olive and Leopold for some time, but the problem with them is that they dispense food at exactly the same time every day, …
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I had massive concerns in February 2021 about the potential running costs of air source heat pumps (which I expressed in this post) as electricity tariffs started to edge up. …
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I got into yoga, rather fortuitously, about 10 years ago. I was looking at ways to decompress and destress from office life, when I came across a yoga app on …
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For decades, when it’s come to household appliances like TVs, washing machines and fridges, we’ve always purchased either Samsung or LG because their products are well-designed, reliable and competitively priced. …
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We’re huge fans of Eve smart home products, so we were very excited to install and try their latest offering, the Eve Outdoor Camera that has been designed and built …
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We are fortunate to be surrounded by wildlife and on a daily basis we see pheasants, ducks, rabbits and moorhens. We have glimpsed some more unusual animals like stoats, foxes …
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I have been taking vitamins and supplements for years. Despite eating a well-balanced, nutritious diet, I have always been a firm believer that there’s no harm to boost your health …
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A rare treat
by MarsThis summer we are collaborating with Swaledale Butchers sampling their free range beef and pork that has been reared in The Dales. This week, we had a real treat: grilled …