Category: Veg Garden
-
2020 – March
Funny old month. First half all as normal: Visitors showing off their new cars (I’m looking at you Dad) and others calling to take advantage of our bespoke-assemble-it-at-home log shed service. Workmen fitting windows. Then Bam! Coronavirus and the new normal – everyone staying at home or 6 foot apart. We are fortunate to be […]
-
2020 – January
A quiet month, mostly because we both had ‘the lurgy’ for the first half. The weather has been mixed, although generally warmer than average, and by the end of the month there are early signs of spring – buds budding and snowdrops snowdropping. Most of the outside work has been in the orchard, winter pruning. […]
-
2019 – November
Work on the bathroom continues… There’s a bit of chaos inside, as all of the fixtures and fittings are delivered And outside, we go up in the world, so that Andy can touch up the paint before the scaffolding goes down. While there we got a couple of higher than usual views of the garden […]
-
2019 – October
Next (Last for the time being) big project underway. An upstairs bathroom, to be built directly above the current bathroom. While the builders are here, I’m also getting a door moved. This will make the layout of the landing a lot easier to deal with, although it does mean a lot more disruption, with two […]
-
2019 – August
Summer sunshine means lots of visitors, and time spent in the garden and on the beach. Alex was still here at the start of the month, so we put him to work. We had an overflow tent in the garden (The cats wouldn’t allow Fitz the dog in the house…) The mobile country cottage turned […]
-
2019 – July
The conservatory was finally completed this month. It’s a wonderful addition, and well worth the disruption caused by the building works. The cats certainly love it, they moved straight in. Inside: Kitchen window replaced with door and smaller window. New units installed. Some worktop at last! IKEA sourced ‘sofas’ in the conservatory for now until […]