Our mallards had their ducklings at our pond again this year. This time, however, our duckling story turned out be unpredictable and a bit strange.
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Up until very recently stinging nettles in our garden were extremely annoying and a nuisance. That’s all changed as I’ve started to read up on composting and I’ve compiled a …
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We finally got some good rainfall last night and this morning, as part of the veg patch and orchard inspection, I came across several snails and slugs on our path …
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In this instalment we make further progress on our raised beds and we get around to rabbit proofing our veg patch using chicken wire, which was a tricky and protracted …
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Resuming from part one of our series, in this installment we’ve finished putting up the paling fencing, we fill the first raised bed with a mixture of compost and John …
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Our backdoor has a latch that can keep the door wide open. When it’s windy or there are a lot of bees, wasps and insects around, you want to keep …
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We’re learning a lot about many things at the moment. This week, I came across two spiders. They both looked unusual (to me anyway) so I did some research.
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Our path towards sustainability continues as we’ve embarked on building a fenced-in 9x9m veg patch. In part one of our video series on building our first ever veg patch from …
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We finished refitting the master bathroom about six weeks ago, but we’ve been waiting for some small bits and pieces to arrive. Now that it’s all done, let’s check it …