Even for a flexible home worker like me getting back to work is always a shock to the system, especially when I break a cardinal rule of working in the City on a Monday. Hot foot back from my intensive session with a whiteboard I wasd rather taken with this word... I may be shifting mulch for the trees and lugging 100s of kilos of sheep poo pellets but to be able to look up and see the view it feels like I’ve won the lotto. It was enough reason for me to down tools and head in to quench my thirst with some of my... It’s a well worn routine for weekends – mowing, strimming, weeding and seeding. Our lawn is now in it’s third year and finally starting to look like a lawn should. It’s amazing what a bit of lawn fertiliser and rain can do for creating a lawn... It may not be that perfect but it still looks beautiful to me. One of only three apples we’ll be harvesting from our orchard this year. For an orchard that’s only 2 years old it’s not a bad start. It’s been a wonderful few days at the beach. Just what the doctored ordered and as luck would have it summer arrived at the same time. We booked a bach (a beach summer house) and the most energetic thing we did was chase the bassets around the beach.... 