Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It was a busy night in the moth trap last night. Despite not putting out a sheet, just the trap itself and not investigating it early in the morning there was still 185 moths in the trap, from 36 different species. Seven of which were new garden records as well. 1 x Oligia sp. 1...
The Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association has a photographic competition coming up, so Morgan and I are going to enter. The categories are: Inside the Hive Beekeepers Other Bees (not the honey bee) We are only allowed one photo per category so I now have to choose a single photo for each. I have to make sure Morgan...
The moth trapping has been fairly slow so far this year. there have been a few moths each time we put the trap out but no huge numbers and nothing too exciting. Last night was the same with only 14 moths in the trap from 11 different species. The Treble Bar was a new garden...
Like almost everyone in the country, we’ve been enjoying the spring sunshine, sometimes from within our new conservatory which is now finished and is a lovely place to sit and watch the world go by, other times from within the garden itself. We’re not the only ones either, the plants and flowers seem to be...
We haven’t got our bees yet, but already our hives have needed some repairs. We don’t know why but the plywood used for certain parts of them has started delaminating. It was external grade ply, but just wasn’t quite up to the job. Not to worry though, we bought some wood clamps and some glue...
I thought I’d try to use my GoPro HD video camera to do some wildlife photography. So, I set it to timelapse mode where it will take a still photo using its 5 Megapixel camera every 30 seconds. I then attached it to the pergola, pretty close to the bird feeder. Topped up the bird...
With nesting time for the birds fast approaching and our big fat furry cat malting all over the house we’ve been collecting her fur and plan on putting it out for the birds to use as nesting material. It may not be much but it all helps and any time or energy the birds can...
Have you run out of things to do with the children during the school holidays yet? The weather might not be great, but that shouldn’t stop you getting out into the great outdoors and doing things with them. Blueberry Picking How about heading to the hills for some blueberry picking – You can then spend...
There seem to be loads of butterflies around this year – I’m not sure if it’s just a case of me noticing them more, the fact that the garden is growing well so more are in the garden or that its a good year for them, but here’s a Small Copper that I spotted whilst...
Morgan and I have just finished doing our RSPB Make Your Nature Count survey. We spent an enjoyable hour sat there watching the garden and chatting about the birds that we saw. It’s easy to do as all you have to do is record the highest number of each species you see at any one...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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