Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
As you may have read in a previous post I’ve been wanting to transform the garden a little and give it a garden makeover. Rather than just a piece of grass surrounded by shrubs and flowers I want to create a garden that leads you on and encourages to explore a little further. I want...
Amazon.co.uk Widgets I’ve wanted to become a beekeeper for a while now, but as with many things such as this the barriers of entry are quite high. First, there is a lot to learn and it is a little daunting. Not only is there a whole new vocabulary to learn, but there are techniques and...
I always enjoy gardening, especially the planning and landscaping of a garden, but here on the coast of West Wales, gardening of any type is challenging. We have to contend with poor soil (sand to be precise), strong winds and salty air. Coming up with any sort of a ‘garden’ is difficult and most people...
I don’t normally do Bank Holiday weekends as I never used to have the chance. When I worked as a Zookeeper then Bank Holidays were always very busy so there was no chance of a day off. The same was true whilst I was a Beach lifeguard in North Devon, and as a student in...
Our garden is coming along nicely at the moment. Other than the raised beds that I built a couple of weeks ago we don’t have any areas dedicated to growing fruit, veg or herbs, but it’s surprising just how many culinary plants we do have. Amazon.co.uk Widgets Herbs We have various herbs dotted around the...
All of a sudden the garden is full of colour. The bright greens of new growth on almost everything, the bright yellows of Marsh Marigolds, Daffodils, Celandine (and of course dandelions) and the purples of the newly flowering Bluebells.
The glorious spring weather enticed me to do yet more work in the garden at the weekend. The main part of the garden is looking fine, all weeded and ready to go with many of the plants springing into life so the beds and borders will be full to bursting before long. The climbing plants...
After our pretty harsh winter, everything in the garden is tentatively poking its head out to see if Spring really has arrived. It’s nice to see everything coming back to life and despite the weather most things seem to have made it through. All the activity prompted us to get the garden furniture out of...
I wonder what the Likes of Monet would have done if Megapixles and digital cameras had been around in the 1800’s? Something like this maybe which is a photo of a Lily Pads on a lake that I shot at Llanerchaeron House.
It seems as though the photos of the mating pair of Dasystoma salicella moths I took at the weekend have been in demand. I posted one of them on a forum and immediately had a couple of people ask if they could use it for their own personal records. Obviously I didn’t mind and sent...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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