An Offaly Good Life

I have to confess that I’ve always rather liked this time of year; relaxing into the longer evenings, with the mad rush of summer over....

We’ve been practicing crop rotation since we began here, aiming at a four-year cycle of spuds-brassicas-legumes-onions/roots. Admittedly thi...

Early spring is always a busy time. It’s too early for serious failure – even losing the greenhouse is now a hiccup more than a seizure. E...

There’s no denying that we’ve been lucky with this place. A lovely house, lots of sheds and a decent plot of ground. The kind of place many...

Completed Sawhorse (Chainsaw and log not included) Well, it had to happen eventually! Even according to the law of averages, that one...

Bloody hell – I’ve just noticed we’ve not updated anything since November! I know we’ve been kind of lazy, but I thought we’d have got a bit...

There’s no denying that summer is over. Coming home in the dark after work is probably the most frustrating part of the winter, although the...