We are installing underfloor heating into the farmhouse.
The heat for the underfloor system will come from the land in front of the house via a ground source heat pump.
This picture shows the first of four 50 metre trenches needed to collect the heat. Each trench is 1.2 metres deep and has a plastic pipe laid [...]
How hard is it to cut bread into straight slices?.
Pretty difficult judging by some of our recent efforts. This picture shows one of the latest victims.
I tried to cut the loaf back into shape (i.e. straight) by cutting the next few slices into wedges. However, I wished I hadn’t bothered as the resulting pieces didn’t [...]
Last weekend we escaped from the island and spent a few days in lovely Edinburgh. We had good weather, good food, and stayed in a very nice hotel.
On the way John Luke and I agreed that traveling by train is much better than by plane. Plenty of legroom, and no endless waiting around or silly [...]
For the last two days we have been making our new vegetable beds.
We decided the beds should be raised so they are easier to work. Luckily we had plenty of old floorboards from the farmhouse to use.
I haven’t used any wood preserver on the boards so they will only last a couple of years before [...]
As part of our drive to live the ‘good life’ we have ordered a new shed.
I have built a hard base for the shed, which took about 5 tons of hardcore and concrete.
Ruth is planning to grow a wide variety of vegetables and stuff, so we should be buying a lot less from the supermarket [...]
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