Cambridge botanic gardens
I haven’t had much of a chance to blog recently. Been so busy with my two jobs and the permaculture course, that blogging goes down the list of priorities… However, Kevin and I were in Cambridge on the weekend visiting …
Dave & George
bloody hilarious. On 6th May vote Green. In East Oxford, vote Sushila Dhall. There, you have my election comment.
Front garden design complete
I’m a bit behind with the blogging. We actually finished the front garden 2 weekends ago, but have been so busy with other things that I didn’t have a chance to show you the final result. Firstly, the ‘before’ photo, …
A busy Easter in the garden
Despite the weather at the beginning of Easter being utterly crap for most of us in the UK, it slowly improved and in the end Kevin and I got a lot done in the garden. Firstly, the back garden. Though …
Merlyn’s belly
Merlyn not impressed I took a picture half-way through his daily belly clean. tee hee.
Cycling the Avon & Kennet Canal
As mentioned in my last post, I’m keeping to my promise and telling you about Kevin’s and my cycle trip along the Kennet & Avon canal in Wiltshire. Be warned, it’s a tale of woe… The idea of the trip …
Jobs and courses
I realise that I’ve been rather silent the last couple of weeks. That’s because I’ve gone from being an unemployed bum 2 weeks ago, to be a full-time worker with 2 part-time jobs, and a new course starting, in the …
My front garden: the new design begins
Now that I’ve pretty much finished up tidying up the back garden, I’m finally working on a major redsign of the front garden. This is how it looked about this time last year, not long after we moved in. Apart …
What’s a lemony?
It was all cold and wet for a week or so after my last blog post, but now the sun has come out again and being a ‘balmy’ 6 degrees, just right for getting outside again. In the last two …
Ouch, and ouch
In between job hunting, I’ve been getting some work done both at the lottie and at home. Kevin and I have made lots of progress cutting back the brambles that covers two-thirds of the lottie. But, ouch! Bloody brambles, they …