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Is it time kombucha and I went our separate ways?
I think the time has come for me to put an end to my relationship with kombucha. It’s time for brutal honesty and the truth is I’m not even that keen on it. I only do the first fermentation process. I’ve never done a second, to add a flavour, because I’m scared of it exploding.…
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Little time for rest in the summer
Please tell me I’m not the only one finding it hard to ‘stop’ in the summer! Weeds keep growing, plants need tended to, grass needs cut, house to be cleaned, days out, teenager to keep busy….on and on it goes. Hard work looks like it’s paying off on the plot though: For the first time…
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S6 Ep 2 The Lost Colony of Roanoke – is there a simple explanation?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nrzab-167fdbe Welcome to a new season of the My Slice of Life Podcast! This is the season where I’m ‘Opening the mystery files’! So this week I bring you the case of the lost colony of Roanoke. How can over 100 people just disappear? Theories, reports, evidence – join me as I bring you the…
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We made it to the Nairn Show – we enjoyed it but not without concerns
It was a scorching hot day on Saturday 27th July which was when the Nairn show was on so we decided to go along to it. It’s a farmers show so lots of animals, smells, noises and interesting things to look at, but something did concern me. I will be putting a video together which…
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Making do and mending – or at least trying to
Do you ‘make do and mend’? I have been attempting it quite a lot this week and I think it’s going pretty well so far. I need to point out in case you haven’t realised yet, that I’m not an expert when it comes to fixing (or anything for that matter). I think that is…
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I accidentally lied – and rain boobs!
You may be wondering what on earth I lied about and what the heck are rain boobs, so allow me to explain. Hear me out. A while ago I put up a post saying it would be the last polytunnel update. If you don’t know the situation, I built a DIY polytunnel out of scrap…
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Allotment improvements
We’ve been working pretty hard in the allotment and the progress is really beginning to show, at least to me it is. This is how the brassica area looked before our two visits last week: A big job and there is a third row to the right which you can’t quite see but believe me,…
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One day in a photo gallery
I did a few things yesterday, from picking fruit, walking the dog and getting swooped by some seriously aggressive seagulls so I thought I’d share some of it with you. Firstly, the garden. There have been a lot of summer raspberries which have been great and I am finally getting bees visiting the garden. I…
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S6 Ep 1 The Flannan Isles Mystery – what really happened?!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pvvdx-167506c Welcome to a new season of the My Slice of Life Podcast! Drum roll please…for this season we are….’Opening the mystery files’! Yes, join me for a season of mystery and intrigue. Some of these stories you might have heard of but I’m sure I have a couple in these old files which will…
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#Bring back the 80s
Can I claim that hashtag please as I would actually like to bring back the 80s! I never thought I’d say something like that. I’m not one for reminiscing you see. I’ve heard it said that those who focus on the future experience anxiety while those who focus on the past experience depression so I…
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The growing, the harvesting and then comes the processing
It’s one thing to grow your own but I can’t be the only one who finds processing what I’ve grown takes so much of my time at this bountiful time of the year. Dearest Son and I have managed more trips to the allotment than usual this week and have been catching up on some…
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Daily Prompt #8: Dogs or Cats?
I haven’t done many of these daily prompt thingys but when I saw this I felt compelled to answer for a couple of reasons and one of them is war. I have been a cat person all my life. Grew up with them, had 2 when I lived alone etc etc and now not only…
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