Bailing out of the Rat Race

So about four years ago we bailed out of the rat race. There were a couple of reasons. We both worked in the big smoke (in London,UK), both commuted across the city We didn’t see much of our only child, he went to breakfast-club before school, then to school itself, and then to after-school-care. We … Read more

Grow your own flowers from seed

Lots of flowers for just a few dollars. So we tell ourselves that growing flowers from seed must be awfully difficult, and only for serious gardeners with lots of practical experience, and definitely not grown by me. Well, no, actually, it’s the exact opposite!!!  It’s counter intuitive. If you know nothing about growing flowers, then … Read more

Building a Chicken Coop

Last winter, (I think it was last winter), Julian and I built a chicken coop.  It was a fantastic father and son project and we had a lot of fun and it took a lot longer than we thought it would.  I thought this time I would try documenting it using a video social assembler as … Read more

Planter Box at the Start of Autumn

At the request of my lovely wife Lydia, I got round to making my first planter box and as usual I got my design inspiration on Pinterest and found some boxes I liked,  http://pinterest.com/draynum.  I modified the design to suit the materials I had available. I ought to give credit to my friends Chris and Marge who live … Read more