Gadgets

Transferring the Peach in Severe Adverse Weather

December 21, 2009
Transferring the Peach in Severe Adverse Weather

While Lynn snuck out of bed to source cups of tea and toast, I churned out image after image of Gripple circuitry. I’d woken with a plan in my head and as an ever ready kind of a Scout, I just happen to keep a pad of grid paper by the bed for this sort [...]

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Cold Birthday Drinks

July 16, 2008
Cold Birthday Drinks

I was intrigued yesterday to see a recipe for a shed beer fridge in Allotment Growing Diary Plus, and as it’s my birthday today I thought it was a fine excuse for enjoying cold beer on the plot. The idea is that the terracotta pot cools following evaporation of the absorbed water. It certainly seemed [...]

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Fireside Gardening

March 27, 2008
Fireside Gardening

With the recent spate of inclement weather the green fingered addict has to look elsewhere for a horticultural fix. Here are a few of the ideas I came up with: While I was forced out of the garden this Easter, thoughts naturally turned to DIY and the flat ended up with a spring clean, a [...]

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Carriage Awaits

November 14, 2007
Carriage Awaits

After last weeks struggle with the compost I decided it was time to invest in a high tech conveyor – a wheeled contraption is required for lugging the heavy stuff. This particular model is the Revolution Cargo trailer by Edinburgh Cycles. It normally goes for £125 but I managed to source one on ebay and [...]

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