Since I started growing vegetables two years ago I’ve comforted myself that I’m a beginner and that if anything grows is a bonus. It seems that this year my beginners luck has run out as far as Cauliflower growing goes. Unlike the creamy tight balls I... In the land of fair and square, it’s only right that little basset should have his moment here on Domestic Executive HQ. But as much as I love Mason I can’t get past the fact he is in fact the devil incarnate. Our own anti-basset in residence. The... Big Basset has been in the wars again. There is no doubt he is a constant worry. Once again he’s over done his hooning and been off walks for two weeks now. And just as we were thinking we’d be back to normal he’s managed to get a dodgy eye... It’s been a very long time since we’ve endured so much rain in such a short space of time. New Zealand’s drought has well and truly broken with flooding, land slips and the usual range of challenging conditions that the rain brings. Put together... Friday nights in the UK used to be an enormous sigh of relief. That time when you could shrug off the working week, wander over to the local pub flop with a drink whilst they rustled up the best fish and chips you could buy. The last few Fridays have felt a little... 