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Leaving

A short essay about what went through my mind in the last days of life in my old home.

Gluten free veggie sausage roll recipe

A gluten-free vegetarian sausage roll recipe with mature Cheddar, sage, and Jus-Rol puff pastry — including the chilling trick that keeps the filling in place.

Under-cabinet motion-sensing USB-C LED light bars

All you need to make your house the talk of the town is some under-cabinet motion-sensing USB-C LED light bars. Trust me.

Home network set up changes

Simon Cox details his home network upgrade, replacing powerline adapters with Devolo Magic 2 for better coverage and performance throughout the house.

Then I built a new bin store!

Simon Cox discusses designing and building a bin store, highlighting the challenges and solutions in creating a functional and aesthetically pleasing structure.

How I Built a Log Store (Plans, Materials List & Costs)

Simon Cox built a new log store for my firewood to replace the pallet crates the logs come in and this includes a plan and materials list.

Lightning Strikes

Lightning strikes not far from us knocked out a lot of the villages comms.

Gettin handy

Feeling very productive.

Plots and scheming - digging out a raised bed for fresh food and herbs

We’ve always wanted to grow our own vegetables—not to an extreme, but as a nod to the post-war "make do and mend" lifestyle.

2004 Annual Garden Party

It is 1pm and in two hours our annual Garden party starts. We have nearly everything ready and Paula has just gone to get the food.

Shitaji-Mado

I have finally got around to finishing off the machiai by installing the missing wall complete with a shitaji-mado - a built-in bamboo window lattice.

Lower Garden Area Re-vamp

There's not been much going on in this area, but since we put out a new raised platform this whole area has come alive for us.

Our Annual Garden party!

Today is our third annual Garden Party. We had the first one to celebrate rebuilding the garden and had so much fun that we decided to do one every year.

New garden water feature

I have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features…

Winter is upon us

We have not had any snow or ice yet and only a very little frost. The garden is getting ready for a cold Jan and Feb.

New Bamboo!

ur visit to Coolings Garden Centre found us a stunning coloured-cane bamboo. The garden's blooming beautifully with saxifrage still flowering since April.

Clematis go in

I made a small trellis, from bamboo that I had pruned out of the garden last month, which I have dug in with the first clematis up against the fence.

Black fence

We have painted the eastern boundary fence black. We tried to get some more of the black fence paint that we had already used.