Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
At last, the rain has stopped, the murk has cleared and we had a relatively clear night in store. I mowed the lawn so was already one step ahead this weekend and I was able to get out the night-time toys – namely the telescope and moth trap. Not at the same time of course as...
The veggies are all coming on well. The purple sprouting broccoli is providing us with plenty of delicious purple florets that are not only tasty but have to bee good for us too. The wind isn’t helping the beans at the moment, but if the courgettes continue as they are at the moment we will...
With race season in the triathlon world on its way, it time to start working on some speed in my training rather than the strength and endurance workouts I’ve been doing for the last 8 weeks or so. As part of my periodised training plan I’m moving from the strength and endurance phase into a...
Phew, it may be Wednesday already, but after a long weekend, it feels as though we’ve only just started back properly this week. There was loads going on in this part of the world over the weekend. The coast path was officially opened with a ceremony in Aberystwyth at which the band that Anna plays...
In addition to the Spring flowers in the garden and the blossom on the trees which the bees seem to be enjoying, there is some fantastic foliage around at this time of year too. The lupins are full of vigour. The Spirea is on fire.
I put the moth trap out in the garden last night, but there wasn’t sign of a single moth in or around the trap this morning. Mind you, with temperatures down to less than 3°C and day time temperatures still struggling to get into double figures it really doesn’t feel like May out there. I’m sure...
Goldfinches – They have to be my favourite garden bird and although we don’t get that many of them we do usually have a pair in the garden now and then during spring and summer. They are pretty spectacular but I haven’t yet taken a photo of one in the garden. They appeared yesterday though...
Morgan’s homework at the weekend was to interview an ‘old person’ about homes from the past, how their houses were different to those from today and how things have changed with respect to appliances, how they heated their houses and what they did for fun. The ‘old people’ he chose were Granny (Anna’s Mum) and...
Cool, it looks as though we have successfully cultivated diamonds in the garden – They are growing well at the moment. Trouble is, the bees are onto them already and have started mining them!
Well, that was exciting! Whatever happened to Spring? It’s horrendous out there and much more like winter. The air temperature has been around 4-5ºC all morning and according to the weather station in our garden the wind has been at around 40-50 knots all day so far. Needless to say it is pretty wild out...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
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