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    You say tomato, I say blight

    by Mars 3 September 2021

    The path to sustainability and growing your own food is not always an easy one. The weather in our part of the world this summer just hasn’t been kind to our vegetable garden. Apart from the cucumbers, potatoes and pumpkins everything has been limping along, and our tomatoes have probably been the most affected. We grew several different varieties and all the plants have developed into good size bushes with decent amounts of fruit (which we have to put down to the Ecoworm fertiliser that we apply fortnightly) but sadly they’ve just not been ripening.

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  • Working Grass: Mountfield’s MBC 50 Li Battery Brush Cutter

    by Mars 31 August 2021

    We’ve been reviewing a lot of battery-operated gardening equipment this year, and one of the most useful pieces of kit you can have is a trimmer and brush cutter to …

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  • Carving out some fun: pumpkin ale

    by Mars 30 August 2021

    I always thought I’d enjoy home-brewing beer and I’m enjoying the process more and more after every batch. It’s the Czech-style we produced in June that has really triggered a …

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  • Laser distance measure and stud detector

    by Mars 27 August 2021

    This week we put up another Netatmo security camera to monitor our back garden, which was a tricky installation because we needed to drill through a thick, insulated wall to …

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  • Rise and brine: our first ever Tarragon pickled cucumbers

    by Mars 26 August 2021

    We saw a post on Stone Croft Skye recently (a blog that we follow) that inspired me to pickle some of our F1 mini cucumbers that have been prolific in …

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  • Best buds forever – Dahlia Tour

    by Kirsten 25 August 2021

    The dahlias have finally exploded and they are flowering like crazy offering a wonderful array of colour to the garden and the vases inside the house. We have over 30 …

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  • Our Top 10 House Cleaning Products – Environmentally & Septic Tank Friendly

    by Mars 24 August 2021

    When it comes to cleaning products, we’ve always tried to use natural products over synthetic ones because we’ve always thought that they are better for us and the environment. We’ve …

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  • Get your renewable heating questions answered by experts

    by Mars 23 August 2021

    In March, due to the incredible amount of comments, feedback and emails we received about our air source heat pump, we launched Renewable Heating Hub to have dedicated platform for …

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  • Kicking Grass: Mountfield Empress 51 Li

    by Mars 20 August 2021

    Having enjoyed trying out Stiga’s battery operated ride-on mower last month, we received Mountfield’s self-propelled Empress 51 Li battery operated lawn mower to review. While I enjoyed using the ride-on, …

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