Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Our robot lawn mowers might be in winter hibernation mode, but the off-season is the perfect time for… upgrades. On a recent trip to Bristol, my Dad deployed his 3D printer (aka the family’s unofficial R&D department) to produce a pair of traction rings for the wheels on our Mammotion Yuka Mini. Now, the stock...
With the temperatures dropping and the days shortening, I’m hoping the grass has finally stopped growing. Time, therefore, to give the robot mowers some well-deserved rest and recuperation and let them hibernate for the winter. That was my chore for Saturday morning. It was a grey, slightly damp, chilly day — but not too bad...
Going All-In on Robot Mowers (Again) You may remember that we went all in on robots during the Covid lockdown, adding robot mowers to our collection of robot vacuum cleaners. Since then, Hector (who mows the back garden) and Harriet (in the front) have done a great job. It started as a fun lockdown project...
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...
We’ve now become a 4 robot household with the addition of a new Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Burgess our other robot vacuum cleaner lost a wheel a few weeks ago, I repaired him and he’s been doing OK since but we thought it was time for an upgrade. New Smarts The new one is very similar...
Hector and Harriet our robot lawn mowers have been busy since Spring. They head out several time a day whatever the weather to mow the lawns. They’ve done well, and have kept them looking constantly neat and trim. We decided over the weekend that it was time for them to have a rest and to...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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