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Harvesting water – saving the salad – tips & tricks

Friday, 11 April, 2008

The head gardener (my wife) was going on about rainwater although our well water (when the pump runs) is second to none. Rainwater has ambient temperature……. Now one of the sons of our neighbour happens to work for a swimming pool company. These companies get their chemicals in nice big 1m3 (1000 liter) plastic tanks.…

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With a little help from our friends – Margaret’s garden

Thursday, 20 March, 2008

We had a lot of help from our friends – morally and manually -. Some of you I yet have to mention – Never fear I will (we have the pictures)! Having started to plaster some of the exposed brick work and looking back a year and two month, a stunning transformation of one particular…

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A leak in the roof just above a light fitting – what are the chances of that?

Friday, 22 February, 2008

What are the chances of having a leak in a 50m2 roof JUST above a light fitting? Well, we had one, thus it’s unlikely that we win the lottery this year. In our bathroom we had a ceiling light (one of the glass bulbs) which started to be a warm water aquarium each time it…

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