where eagles fear to perch

With September now in full swing and the autumnal equinox fast approaching, it's a chance to review our successes and failures during t...

For some time, we'd been toying with the idea of growing soft fruit bushes from seeds – there's plenty of space on the greenhouse s...

In the local Poundshop earlier in the summer, they were selling some small blackcurrant plants at 2 for £1, half the usual price because t...

Electricity prices are going up – that much you already know from your bills.   You'd think the only option is to use less of the stu...

Since the time we were developing our new garden space , in which we opened up the area immediately to the west of the house that was previ...

It's a slack day on the work front today, and so here's a bit of an update on the investment 'strategy'. Following on fro...

What's happened to television advertising these days ? Maybe it's just me, but ads seemed much more witty and sophisticated i...