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hot day

colouritgreen wrote 1 day ago: very hot here today - which actually got in the way a tad, of all the things I wanted to get done - … more »

Tags: General Wittering, grow your own food, house and home, Self-Sufficiency, vegetables

person powered mower2 comments

colouritgreen wrote 2 days ago: I have mentioned a few times that we have too much lawn.. despite digging lots of it up for veg patc … more »

Tags: frugal living, General Wittering, house and home

water collection

colouritgreen wrote 1 week ago: Now have a water butt set up for the greenhouse.  Up until now, we have been collecting rainwater.. … more »

Tags: frugal living, grow your own food, house and home, Make It Yourself, Self-Sufficiency

rebuild the kitchen to get free energy

colouritgreen wrote 1 week ago: I remember my mum once telling a visitor that the reason they were insulating the loft was because t … more »

Tags: frugal living, General Wittering, house and home, Self-Sufficiency

no big green gathering this year3 comments

colouritgreen wrote 1 month ago: which will be no loss to me. I am, of course, biased, narky even,  due to being excluded. more on t … more »

Tags: grow your own food, Livestock, Self-Sufficiency

recycled wool

colouritgreen wrote 1 month ago: I have finally undone the cardi that I bought from the charity shop. 2150g of wool - I would guess a … more »

Tags: Make It Yourself, frugal living

knitting guilt1 comment

colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: One of my favourite hobbies is starting knitting projects.  I love it.. the new yarn.. the deciding … more »

Tags: Make It Yourself, frugal living

PSB,cheese and bacon quiche4 comments

colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: Managed to squeeze a fair bit of outdoor work in today, before the bad weather arrived.  Pulled lot … more »

Tags: grow your own food, Livestock, pigs, Recipes, Self-Sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, vegetables

mend and make do

colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: My Mum said to me recently that it was good these days that ‘mend and make do’ is back - … more »

Tags: frugal living, General Wittering, Home education, Self-Sufficiency

sustainable windows4 comments

colouritgreen wrote 2 months ago: In our on going efforts to make the house warmer, we have been looking at replacing some of the wind … more »

Tags: house and home

cider maturation

colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Last year was my first attempt at cider.  We even made our own press (have you seen the price of th … more »

Tags: Recipes, Self-Sufficiency, Make It Yourself, frugal living

fleece scouring2 comments

colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Last summer we went on a day course from the woolly shepherd on how to process your fleece. We learn … more »

Tags: Books, Livestock, Make It Yourself, Self-Sufficiency

welly socks

colouritgreen wrote 3 months ago: Himself was bemoaning how his socks always seemed to work themselves off his feet when wearing welli … more »

Tags: frugal living, Make It Yourself, Self-Sufficiency

acroprops and silver linings

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: The new look for living rooms this year is the acroprop.  Stylish don’t you think?  Goes so … more »

Tags: house and home

left overs3 comments

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: There was a woman on the radio the other day promoting her new book.. it’s a cookbook all abou … more »

Tags: General Wittering, Recipes, Self-Sufficiency, grow your own food, frugal living

radon and parsnips

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: not a bad day, today we hit back at the evil radon.  Not being able to show you a picture of radon, … more »

Tags: house and home, Self-Sufficiency, grow your own food, frugal living

condition scoring a ewe

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: Moved the sheep today, as they were so low on grass in the little field.  There’s not much gr … more »

Tags: Self-Sufficiency, grow your own food, Livestock

and the silence surged softly backwards

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: happy new year. The relatives have returned home, the holidays finished, and in our house the winter … more »

Tags: house and home, Self-Sufficiency, grow your own food, Livestock, frugal living

a normal kitchen1 comment

colouritgreen wrote 4 months ago: Ham trimmings are cubed and frozen, the bone boiled for hours and the stock set aside for pea soup. … more »

Tags: Recipes, frugal living


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