We’ve been bumbling along with the central heating for the last few weeks. Every time the weather seemed to be taking a turn for the better it would invariably dive back into cold misty mornings. However it’s starting to look like spring is finally arrived and starting to make it’s presence felt. It certainly felt …
Rat diversions aside the weekend was a fairly sedate one. We visited a rather nice Japanese restaurant in town on Saturday with a bunch of the Cambridge LARP group. We left feeling well stuffed. I spent a chunk of Sunday attending to tasks as directed by the head gardener while she continued attempting the Saturday …
Nothing much happened this weekend apart from a complete tidy-up spring clean of the house. This may seem a little premature but when the weather finally does get better we won’t have to worry about too much clutter up the house. Fliss’ mum came around on Sunday and helped us Fliss tackle some of the …
My muscles are currently protesting but not quite as much as post-Snowdon. We took advantage of a lovely sunny weekend to start planting some fruit and vegetables in our new veg patch. It turns out that the hardstand for the out-building actually extends much further out into the area we want to turn into our …
We have started harvesting things from the garden. It’s a testament to how easy it is considering we don’t know what we are doing. One habit I have picked up is picking a few weeds out every time I pass a bed. It’s enough to keep them at bay and give your plants more space. …