Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
What started as a tiny little Aloe Vera plant about 18 months ago has turned into a monster. It’s huge, looking healthy and has now produced a pretty impressive looking flower spike. It’s been living in the conservatory, but I think I might have to propagate some baby plants from it soon and try some...
Just another quick aquascaping update I could be imagining it, but I’m sure there are some new shoots of Eleocharis popping up here and there.
This weekend saw the first proper Springtime assault on the garden. Gorgeous March weather with plenty of sunshine and very little wind saw the temperatures creep up close to double figures. Anna was working all day Saturday and I spent the day trying to get the garden under control. I had planned on sorting...
Unfortunately the news from the out apiary isn’t quite so good… The larger of the two colonies seems OK. I didn’t check them properly but there were definitely bees in there so I gave them a good feed and left them to it. The smaller hive that we had to move here over the winter didn’t look promising though...
At last, the temperature made it into double figures this morning although it has dropped again now to 9.7ºC. I have loads to do in the garden and just about managed to squeeze in some time out there today. The first job was to dig out the compost bins and bag up the compost ready for...
Just a quick update on the plants in my new aquarium seeing as it’s been 3 weeks since they were planted. They have been growing emersed as part of the Dry Start Method (DSM) since then and seem to be doing OK. The Staurogyne repens is settling in well and appears to be well rooted now,...
Happy Pi Day everyone… We celebrated 3.14.15 (otherwise known as Pi Day) with a trip to Welshpool and the finding of a mystery geocache. It was actually one I’d worked out months ago, but seeing as we were going to Welshpool for a day out anyway and there was a Pi Day souvenir up for...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s always nice to get people visiting geocaches that you’ve hidden, and even better when they write nice things in the logs.[pullquote-right]”Definitely getting a favourite point. Thanks for a smashing cache.”[/pullquote-right]The best are those caches that are rarely visited, but that you know are something special. This means that when people do get around to making...
We’re only a couple of days into March, and therefore a couple of days into Spring, but nature is preparing. I managed to spend a few hours out in the garden at the weekend. There’s loads of work to do out there tidying up, weeding and cutting things back but I feel as though I’ve...
After what was supposed to be a recovery week training wise, it was back to it today with some hellish hill reps. Not that the preceding week was exactly restful thanks to lots and lots of work to do, both website design work and working at the University, which meant that in order to fit...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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