It’s red week in the potager

Flush from the success of the broccoli and carrot harvests our mini potager has come up trumps again.  This time it’s red week with red cabbages and beetroot riping to perfection.  I’ve been looking forward to this harvest as this will be the first time...

Being close up is a wondrous thing – mostly!

UPDATE: 4 February 2009: I’m entering this picture into the contest with the lovely people at I heart Faces. This week they’ve opened up a pet’s category.  Although I was tempted to enter one of the zillion of pictures I have of the bassets I think...

Bugging the bugs: a photostudy

I couldn’t have set this photoshoot up even if I tried.  This stick insect had the audacity to land on my glasses one night last week.  It was gross, I was wearing the glasses at the time. Given the amount of strimming I’d been doing I thought it must...

Business as usual – what’s that mean to you?

As normal radio programmes returned this morning after a month of summer time scheduling (yes, things close down over the holidays), I thought it’s time I eased myself back into business as usual.  As a Domestic Executive this is a truly wonderful thing.  My...

Tips on how to tame a field – got any?

It’s been hot, hot, hot this weekend.  In excess of 30 degrees I reckon.  Just the weather you need to tame a field.  Yeah, right! Regardless of the weather we’ve a list of things to do before winter and when I look at the list and look at the weather,...