One of the first smart home devices we purchased after moving in were Eve Thermo TRVs so that we could get better control over our air source heat pump central heating system. The only drawback of these TRVs is that they are Bluetooth and this means you had to physically go from room to room to change settings or tweak heating schedules. But not anymore thanks to Eve Extend.
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The signs that the summer is coming to an end are evident in our vegetable garden, but the cucumbers and leeks are still going strong, so it was the perfect …
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In order to help us get the grass around our smallholding under control, we purchased a cordless, battery-operated lawnmower, the Toro 55cm Flex-Force Recycler.
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We had our suspicions that the effluent in our home sewage treatment tank was not as healthy as it should be, and the recent lab results we received support this. …
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August was largely a washout with consistent and regular rain, and it ultimately affected a lot of our planned outdoor projects and also had an adverse effect on some of …
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It’s been two years since we made a complete lifestyle change, where we left the stress and frenzy of city life behind us, and opted for green fields, sheep, toads, …
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We get our gardening hands on a pair of the Swiss-made, award-winning Felco 2 secateurs and put them to the test to see if they really live up to the …
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We thinned out the amount of apples on our trees earlier this year to help them establish, and it was really exciting to pick our first apples today from the …
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We have finished repainting the living room, a project we undertook on wet and rainy days this summer when work outdoors wasn’t possible. The previous owners were terrible painters and …