Easter??? Extreme gardening!

Saturday, 22nd March 2008 by
staveley-run-001.JPGAnna and I filled a spare morning doing jobs around the garden.

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Beating the Budget

Sunday, 16th March 2008 by
gardening-002.JPGThe chancellor having increased the cost of everything again, it is time to make some progress with the effort to become more self-sufficient

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Pete goes Petrolhead Mad!

Sunday, 21st October 2007 by
collage1.jpgThis week we had the help of Pete and Tish in the garden. They worked like trojans.

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Sunflower Seeds

Wednesday, 17th October 2007 by
Being a bit (okay, a lot) of a grown-up kid, I planted a load of sunflower seeds this summer...

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Dig for Britain!!!!!

Tuesday, 16th October 2007 by
In a throwback to WW2 and following Gordon's plea (and heavy taxes) to be green, we have begun the task of feeding the whole of Cumbria with our own vegetables...

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Nearly finished

Sunday, 13th May 2007 by
Our new greenhouseOur new greenhouse...

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Extreme Gardening

Sunday, 6th May 2007 by
Our garden is a nightmare and a pleasant place at the same time! We've tackled everything in two mad days of full-on 'extreme gardening'. That is, getting it all done to minimise the number of climbing days used up.

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Turf Lifting + Forgotten Limestone

Sunday, 29th April 2007 by
It was our turn to pay back some of the sweat Dave had suffered digging the ground for our patio a couple of years ago; today we helped lift the turf where the new green house is due to rise from the ground next week. It was hard work...

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