Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
As the winter fades away and the spring sun begins to warm our days, it’s time to start thinking about getting the garden ready for the new season. There is something so satisfying about a well-maintained garden. Not only does it make our outdoor space look beautiful, but it also provides a place of solace...
Much of the weekend was spent creating what will hopefully become a little woodland thanks to a whole load of free trees. Well, it’ll be more of an unruly hedge than a woodland if we’re honest. Free Trees Thanks to the Make Room for Nature scheme run by the Woodlands Trust Cymru we had 40...
Anna recently drew my attention to a post on the ‘Make Room for Nature’ Facebook Group saying: Spent a lovely day off taking Woodland Trust Cymru and Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust staff around a few of last year’s tree-planting sites If you’d like anything from 1 to 300 native trees to help tackle climate change and...
It’s that time of year again to hibernation Harriet and Hector our robot lawn mowers. Once again they’ve been doing a sterling job whatever the weather. The mild autumn means they’ve been out a little longer than expected as the grass has still been growing. It’s getting cooler now though, the days are short and...
I don’t think I can quite call these bonsai trees yet, but I’m quite impressed with how well they’ve grown. They were all grown from seeds that came from a bonsai seed kit that Morgan bought me for Christmas last year. The seeds were labelled as ‘mixed bonsai’ which didn’t give me much confidence. I...
After the winds of Saturday, Sunday dawned clear and fairly still. Perfect weather for pottering in the garden. Morning Run There was a bit of exercise to do first so I headed off for a run along the River Leri and then back along the beach. Nothing too exciting and not too far or too...
After a couple of Days with Steve and Biddy – first in Ironbridge and then at the Commonwealth Games, we spent another night at theirs and then had to head our separate ways. Anna was off to the Isle of Man to visit her Mum so I dropped her at the station so that she...
I know my last post was all about the fact that the bees are in the midst of a honey flow. However, despite the flowers galore in the garden they seem to be going elsewhere for their forage. I’m not complaining of course, I don’t mind where they get it from if they are doing...
The sunny weather is doing wonders for the garden. Everything is growing well and the cat seem to be loving it out there too. In fact, the various shrubs I’ve been growing to act as boundaries, wind-breaks and dividers between the various bits of the garden are pretty much as I want them now. There...
Things are growing well in the garden. It might not look that colourful at first glance but a closer inspection reveals lots of delicate little flowers at the moment.
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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