Sustainability

This winter was telling for our air source heat pump, especially after a bitterly cold spell in February, and the main area of concern was that the rooms to the…

Since starting My Home Farm, we have consistently grown our audience with people that are curious about sustainable, country living. Our air source heat pump and solar PV array has…

When we switched over from an oil boiler to an air source heat pump (ASHP), we had to re-think all our central heating controls from thermostats to TRVs. In this…

Earlier this week, we had to drive to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, because the MOT for our car was due. Because of all the lockdowns, we’ve not done a lot driving in…

I was really excited to receive a whole new skincare routine from Typology, both morning and evening, to address my areas of concern: ageing, pigmentation and breakouts.

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*.

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.

We’re halfway through our second winter with the 18kW Caernarfon air source heat pump (ASHP), and it’s time for an update.

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…

Lighting plays a massive role in any home, so we were excited to unbox and install the Eve Light Strip in our kitchen, and to add another piece of HomeKit-enabled,…