[This is from the archives, but it’s the perfect time to pull out this post again] I hate waste, so autumn drives me kind of crazy. All my neighbours sweep their leaves to the front kerb, where a big borough lorry comes along and sucks them up. Then, in the spring, everyone has a truck… Continue reading Build Your Own Leaf Bin
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Building A Leaf Bin
I hate waste, so autumn drives me kind of crazy. All my neighbours sweep their leaves to the front kerb, where a big borough lorry comes along and sucks them up. Then, in the spring, everyone has a truck load of mulch delivered. I say: stop the insanity! Build a leaf bin! It doesn’t take… Continue reading Building A Leaf Bin
Turning Into My Mother
After I waved the boys off this morning (“have fun storming the castle!”) I turned my attention to the garden, specifially my vegetable plot. I’ve been nursing some seedlings along for the past wee while. Sadly I lost the cucumbers (apparently they REALLY mean it when they say cucumbers don’t like to be transplanted) and… Continue reading Turning Into My Mother
Garden Fun
We had one of those March weekends where the boys get the sandpit open and ask for the pool and don’t believe me when I say it might snow tomorrow. Of course, I don’t really believe it either and I start casting a critical eye on the garden. I have Plans. They have not come… Continue reading Garden Fun