Smallholding services and infrastructure

November 9, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

“That has to be the world’s most boring way to spend £10,000” remarked my husband after we were given the terrifyingly expensive quote to replace our clapped out septic tank with a shiny new sewage treatment system. He was right, and it got me thinking about all of the other things we spend money on […]

Leave the spinach be

May 17, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Like millions of people my age, I remember the magical boost that spinach gave Popeye. Although we’ve since learned that it’s not quite the powerhouse that the illustrators would have us believe, it’s still extremely good for us and is something I regularly add to our everyday meals. It’s such an easy thing to stir […]