Hens are enriching, intelligent birds – and make fantastic pets. Imagine if your dog could drive you to work, or your cat could make you a cup of tea in the morning. Hens aren’t quite that intelligent, but they are a pet with some serious benefits, a pet over and above most, in fact in
If you’ve vowed to hit the gym every day and never have a cheat meal, you’re probably being too hard on yourself. Being healthy doesn’t mean being a complete saint! Instead, there are lots of easy ways to become healthier, and we’ve whittled it down to ten of the best ideas. How many of these
The health benefits of growing your own veg. Have you had your ‘five a day’ today? We all know that eating vegetables is good for us, but the health benefits can be even greater if we grow our own food – not to mention the fact that harvesting vegetables from our back garden puts much
5 Tips to Help You Boost Your Healthy Eating The beginning of a new year can prompt us to make some important changes in our lives, such as finally getting fit or losing weight. This year, to help you achieve your goals, why not focus your efforts on what you are eating? Here are five
Apologies for the lapse in time since our last blog which unbelievably was April 13.  Apart from the usual stuff going on around the home and garden I have been blessed to have some paid work so that has seriously reduced my computer time at home. April 13 was quite a day. We went from
Hello Everyone who is reading this. Apologies for the lapse in time since the last Blog. Initially the clocks going forward was, as always, so wonderful. I love it when the clocks go forward and we can at last say goodbye to the winter and the dark evenings. As the clocks changed, so did our
Just a little update for everyone out there who is interested in the latest exploits of our “Poly tunnel and the chooks (and ducks)”.  The great weather at the weekend saw the main framework go up with some help from Ian (our nephew). Quite honestly the poly tunnel is much bigger that we had at first thought. It
We have never done this before, but we hope that we can learn, inspire, create and just have fun from this “blog”. Who made up that word? Where does it come from? I have absolutely no idea.  Here goes – some history first. I am a born and bred real Essex girl and have always