Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I do like eating home grown produce and the garden is doing well at the moment. Last night I managed a meal with loads of fruit and veg that we had grown with our own fair hands. It was a bit of a mix and match meal as I grabbed it after a circuit training...
We haven’t had much of a summer so far and the wet weather has been perfect for slugs and snails. They’ve been having a great time in the garden munching their way through our plants. We don’t normally have an issue with slugs and snails here, but this year they’ve been pretty bad. We’ve still...
Things have been a little fraught on the bee-keeping front. The weather has been terrible for the bees. We seem to get one or two days where they can get out and fly, followed by 5-6 days of winds and rain that keeps them shut up in their hives. There just hasn’t been enough time...
The Purple Sprouting Brocoli in the garden provided us with plenty of delicious florets earlier in the year and keep us well fed for a few weeks. We then took our eyes off the ball and it went to flower. But that’s not a problem. The bright yellow flowers actually look OK in the garden...
The garden is going through a pink and purple phase at the moment, with Lupins and Foxgloves stealing the show. Although the little Primula Vialli are sticking up for themselves and matching the pinks and purples of both of the taller spires.
Our bees made the most of the warm weather on Tuesday and decided to swarm. I was just getting ready to go out when I had a phone-call from the neighbours saying I’m not sure what your bees are up to but they seem to be doing something, they may be swarming. Indeed they were...
We broke up our drive back from the Big Cow Triathlon with a stop at the Dingle Garden just outside of Welshpool. This is probably my favourite garden and I love everything about it, except the fact that mine will never ever look anywhere near as good as this. It was the perfect little stop...
As part of my rest day before the Big Cow Triathlon we had decided to go for a walk in Salcey Forest which wasn’t far from the Hotel we were staying at in Northampton. We hadn’t been there before so we went armed with some geocaches to look for and planned to walk along the...
Ann from the Aberystwyth Bee Keepers Association gave me some goose eggs last time we were up at her house. We went and took them straight from the goose nest and Morgan got to see a day old hatchling while we were there. They are huge, much bigger than a hens egg, and Ann suggested...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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