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Summer Flowers

Posted on July 12, 2017June 24, 2019 by ouradmin

Its now July 2017 and we have been here for just over a year, The previous owners were really keen gardeners and we are reaping the benefits now with some beautiful summer flowers in the garden. My wife has been keeping the weeds down, a little area of garden every few days keeps them in check. I manage the Veg and produce growing, lots of weeds there as well. An update on the veg coming soon. Compost production is going well, we have 4 bays for the waste, each one is approx 4 ft x 4ft, the compost is placed

Greenhouse Hydroponics

Posted on May 5, 2017August 21, 2019 by ouradmin

I have always wanted to try growing plants using hydroponics, the main reason is the fact that you can get a higher density in a small area. If we were to grow strawberries in the garden then we would be looking at 3 or 4 plants per square ft. Growing strawberries in horizontal hydroponics allows us to grow 4 or five times as much. We tried Strawberries but they did not survive, switching to swiss chard and we have had good success. A Small 30watt solar panel connected through a charge controller to an old car battery. From the battery

Trevithick Day – Cambourne April 29th 2017

Posted on April 29, 2017June 24, 2019 by ouradmin

Each year Cambourne celebrates the great Cornish Engineer Richard Trevithick, We had a great day out, met up with relatives that live just outside of Cambourne. Trevithick day website: http://www.trevithick-day.org.uk/ Well worth visiting, lots to do and see, steam parade, model exhibitions, Cornish crafts, great local food and drink.

Spring time Vegetables

Posted on April 25, 2017July 18, 2018 by ouradmin

Springtime and there is lots to do in the garden Tasks completed in the last few weeks: Repaired 3 of the Raised beds, rebuilt the 4th from scratch as it was rotten Planted Onions and First Early potatoes. Planted seeds in the greenhouse (Beans, Tomatoes, Sunflowers, Beetroot, Butternut Squash, Sweet Peppers) Built a new compost heap and moved the contents of the other 3 around, they are now rotting well. Built a Hydroponics setup in the greenhouse, more on this in a future post See how the vegetables grew…..

Go Karting – Arrive and Drive

Posted on April 18, 2017December 1, 2018 by ouradmin

Our eldest son loves F1 and other motorsport, he would love to be a professional race driver or work in the design team. About 40 minutes from our house is the St Eval karting circuit, this is an ‘arrive and drive’ type of place. They provide all of the safety equipment and there is a driver briefing. Parents and kids can go out on track at the same time, for the kids there are GX120 karts and Adults GX160’s. Thsi is really good fun, you can try to lap your children. Food is provided from a food van, nice burgers

Our First Christmas in Cornwall

Posted on January 4, 2017July 23, 2018 by ouradmin

Christmas 2016, our first living in Cornwall. The plan is to go to in-laws near to Watford but one of our children came down with a sickness bug. A quick trip to the local Farm (B&N Farm Foods) and we have meat and veg for Christmas day. Finally we got to the In-Laws on Boxing day. Lots of presents for the children, Lego is always a bit hit. we spent days and days building the sets with them. No snow this year which upset the kids a bit, maybe next year. New Year in Cornwall, Fantastic, off to the beach,

2016 Review

Posted on December 31, 2016July 23, 2018 by ouradmin

2016 has be a great year overall, we found a great house in a nice village, moved in, tow of our children started a really nice school and we have made friends. Its been busy, we had to relocate the business, not easy to be without broadband for 8 weeks while we moved but there are quite a few small business centers around were you can rent a desk for a day or even an office. My wife has made some new friends, this is very important, we still have one child that is not at school full time so

Storm Angus – Local Flooding

Posted on November 22, 2016August 22, 2017 by ouradmin

Out the of the village we live in there are 4 roads, 2 of which were flooded yesterday, one of which was passable in the 4×4 for a while but later in the day it was closed off. We spent a while looking at other routes on the map and found a way to the kids school. Hopefully this morning all will be well, there is a local facebook group that lets people know if one of the roads is flooded. At least there is no damage done to our house or any in the village. Read all about Storm

Time to buy a 4×4

Posted on November 8, 2016August 22, 2017 by ouradmin

Growing up in a small village 600 ft above sea level in Wiltshire teaches you about why you need a 4×4, now we are in Cornwall, winter is starting to arrive and the trip to school each day is down into the valley and up the other side. Time to get a 4×4 me thinks. Over the years we have had several 4×4 vehicle, although landrovers can take more maintaining over a Japanese equivalent there is no doubt that they are the best 4x4xFar. Off to the local independent landrover garage it is. Several days later and we now have

Pumpkin Chutney

Posted on October 28, 2016July 18, 2018 by ouradmin

Our crop of 4 Pumpkins are ready, so we cooked the first one and served it with dinner, it seems like only one of us likes Pumpkin, so what do we do with the other three. Simple answer, make pumpkin chutney…. Over the years we have made Apple Chutney, Green Bean Chutney and Onion Chutney so we looked on line for a recipe for Pumpkin Chutney. There lots around, some sweet, some savory but the one that caught our eye was this one as it has garlic and chilies. It dose take quite a bit longer than in the recipe when