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Rubbish.

This bugs me. Vandals set fire to plastic rubbish bins when they are put out at night. The bins cost the owners a small fortune to replace, not to mention the toxic smoke from burning plastic and rubbish and, of course, visual polltion

Hanging it out to dry.

Some extra citrus drying on a 34 degree day. I will try to dry as much stuff as I can over summer, using solar and wind power iinstead of the food dehydrator. I’ll keep that for winter when it can do double duty and heat the house a little. I got the drying rack from…

Sunchokes are forever.

Sunchokes, or Jerusalem artichokes are pushing their way up through the soil. Once established they will give tubets for us to eat for years to come. The bed is strategically placed to reduce the harsh summer sun on what will be our berry bed.

Open the door and eat.

Vegetable beds by the front door! Who ever heard of such a thing? These are 3 1m x 1m raised beds, 300mm deep, that I built by our front door. I was in a hurry to get vegetables in before the hot weather started, so I bought some DIY plastic beds, potting mix, compost and…

Makes me think…

I had an interesting ‘how to’ delivered to my email this morning. ’ 10 Tips For Drying Clothes Outdoors On A Clothes Line’. I found it interesting, not because I don’t know how to do it, but the fact that there are probably people out there who have never done it. People in modern, technological,…