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    Protecting our plants from vine weevils

    by Mars 28 October 2022

    This is the first year that we’ve seen damage from vine weevils in our back garden and we lost four heucheras. Because we grow quite a lot of other plants that vine weevils and their grubs have a tendency of destroying, we’ve taken action to get their numbers down by using a vine weevil nematode.

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  • Powering up our new stick vac from Greenworks

    by Mars 27 October 2022

    We’ve posted our frustrations with the Dyson V10 stick vac, so we were extremely excited when we received the Greenworks 24V stick vacuum to try out.

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  • Home automation in motion

    by Mars 20 October 2022

    We have added a lot of smart home tech to our Victorian farmhouse, which has been fun, but the Eve Motion has been a bit of a game changer especially …

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  • The magic of growing your own mushrooms – Win a mushroom grow kit

    by Mars 19 October 2022

    We love mushrooms. In fact, mushrooms feature in some way or another in our dinners 4-5 per week because they’re so versatile, healthy and delicious, and we enjoy them all …

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  • Blowing into autumn

    by Mars 10 October 2022

    We’re surrounded by mature deciduous trees so we’re usually drowning in autumn leaves at this time of year. Leaves are an amazing resource for gardeners because you can use them …

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  • Pruning and feeding our buxus balls

    by Mars 5 October 2022

    Twice a year we try to prune and shape our buxus balls. This year, we’re trying a variety of new products from specialist plant feeds to Stiga’s handheld SGM 72 …

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  • Quick, cheap and easy carrot and tomato soup

    by Mars 1 October 2022

    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.

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  • Finally putting things straight

    by Mars 30 September 2022

    Earlier this year we were battered by some big storms and a few of the trees that the previous owners had planted were rocked and pushed out of place. We …

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  • Controlling your waterworks

    by Mars 21 September 2022

    Earlier this year we reviewed the Thread-enable Eve Aqua and one of the issues we faced was getting access to the batteries. The great news is that Eve recently released …

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