in search of the kiwi

I was surprised to see elder growing here, I had imagined that the climate would have been too hot and dry, but I was wrong.  They were fl...

I love my Rocket Stove.  I’d seen them here and there before, mainly home made affairs, cobbled together with old baked bean cans and old ...

How do you fill bin bags with leaves easily when there is no one to hold the bag open? Here’s how.... find a cardboard box that...

And then to Nic’s for a week, more of a catch up visit and to see how he’s getting on with the various projects that he has on the go.  I ...

Perhaps it’s time to change tack a bit here on the blog, focus a bit more on lifestyle than travel as I appear to be settling down for a w...

Apple juice is something that I have wondered about for ages, how is it made, what do you have to do to the apples before they are pres...

Chenopodium album i s the botanical name, in england we call it ‘fat hen”, there are probably numerous other local names, but this is the ...

Marc looking for treasure Still at Nicolas’.  Marc phoned to see if he and his wife could come and have a look round the tower and ...