We’ve enjoyed growing Brussel sprouts as first time gardeners because they’re very hardy, and so far they have only been prone to slugs and caterpillars. This week, we took the secateurs down to the veg garden and gave them a much needed trim.
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This is the last of our back garden summer projects for this year as we plant Salvia Mystique Spire and Blue Note along with Nepeta Subsessili underneath the lemon trees …
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The Netatmo home weather station is providing us with great weather data, and we’re loving it. What makes this system even cooler is that it has integration with IFTTT (If …
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We’ve been looking at camera and security options for a while, but nothing was ticking the boxes we required until we came across the Netatmo Presence Outdoor Camera*.
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The butterflies have been out for weeks, and during my morning vegetable garden rounds I saw a few odd holes in some of our brussel sprout and broccoli leaves. You …
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I remember very clearly being on holiday in Bali when Mars got horrible sunburn on his shoulders after a great day at the beach, so we went into town to …
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We decided to add some new plants to the front of the house and porch. We planted some hostas, campanulas and violas by the door along with phloxes, penstemons and …
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The weather from late spring into summer has been all over the radar. After a dry, sweltering May, the temperatures have remained on the cool side with a lot of …
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Our courgettes in the vegetable garden are currently producing vast quantities of fruit, so we’re going to share our easy-to-make, exceptionally tasty courgette soup recipe with you.