This was our attempt at building a bird box, it might be our only one, but I hope not 🙂 “Freestyle” … no dimension plans, in other words just making it up as we go along. The idea was to try to think of something useful, and then try to make it out of “nothing”. … Read more
Escaping the Rat Race … are you in or out ? How to decide where to begin. So if one bails out of the rat race, then one is no longer living the normal “city type” life style. Obvious really. But whilst you’re in the rat race, it’s not something one thinks about. There seems to be … Read more
Over the last two weekends, I built a Panel Table out of recycled timber. We have a fairly small kitchen, and I felt it would make sense to have the kitchen equipment we most often used more visible and readily available, because we don’t have the space to store kitchen appliances and electronics on on the … Read more
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
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
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
We have had this palm tree, (golden cane), since we moved into the Havilah House and because of where it’s located right outside the carport which I need to make it a little more accessible. Mark has helped me for years, and if I had documented everything he has helped me with this blog would … Read more
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
The terms “Elastic Home” or Elastic Housing” are terms I coined, and refers mainly to the idea that the home you live in should grow and shrink to meet the needs of your family as you journey through life. Imagine for a moment that you were going camping with your family and your children asked if … Read more
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