Embarking on an ambitious building project such as ours involves keeping the faith. Holding the vision that the finished result will be worth all the chaos and confusion and expense. That the piles of wood and builders’ rubbish outside the kitchen door will one day be a garden full of flourishing fruit and vegetables, flowers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lurcher puppies’
25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged bunk beds, eco-building, greener living, lurcher puppies, passive solar design on September 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
5 SEPTEMBER 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged Add new tag, domestic life, eco-building, greener living, lurcher puppies, solar panels, weather boarding, wood burners on September 5, 2008 | 10 Comments »
First things first….. … Wilma had six lovely puppies late on Wednesday night – two days after we moved in to the railway carriage house. They are all doing well, in a homemade whelping box in the compartment that used to be the spare bedroom. The excitement over these new lives – and admiration for [...]
14 JULY 2008
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged insulation, lurcher puppies, railway carriage house on July 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Though we’ve been held up by an evasive plumber, the builders have still been very busy. Ceiling insulation has been going in between the pine plank rafters, and a new window frame has been made for the front end of the house. Roofers have been replacing the remaining part of the roof, retaining the graceful [...]
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