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The Extension on the Outside 24 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am
I've given you a peek inside the barn extension but I guess you might like to see what's been happening outside! This is what will be the new 'front' of the house, the side that will give us all the ...
Work Begins in Earnest 15 Jul 2013 | 06:38 pm
So long since my last post but by gum things have been steaming along! We have been painting and decorating like people possessed. We needed to have all walls prepared and painted by the time the ca...
Gardening with a Rooster 5 Apr 2013 | 02:09 am
Last weekend I decided to hit the garden and get some seeds planted out, nothing overly fancy, basically I decided to have a bed that used up all those seeds that have been sitting around going past t...
Save, Recycle and Repurpose 25 Feb 2013 | 03:39 am
Save, Recycle and Re-purpose Our extension is not, as you may imagine, the cheapest undertaking in the world, and, as with all building work, the cost is never going to stay what it says on the quota...
Down Go the Floors 18 Feb 2013 | 06:50 pm
They dug out all the floors to get everything to the correct level. Then it has been a case of building them back up. End of last week and beginning of this week have been the laying of the concrete, ...
Going A Little More Self Sufficient Every Day 11 Feb 2013 | 02:08 am
(Don't know if this post needs a disclaimer or something, weak dispositions beware!) Self sufficiency has always been my dream. Some things are out of reach at present; I don't think we are going of...
What's Going on in the Kitchen? 5 Feb 2013 | 05:00 pm
My new kitchen.... Ahhhh! I have been dreaming about it since we moved in... Since before then! And the one thing that I wanted in it was an Aga, always, no matter how I pictured the kitchen, there wa...
Week Two.. Three.. and Four! 5 Feb 2013 | 01:47 am
So, once again another ridiculous length of time between posts! What's been happening? Well, the place looks worse than when we started! The whole roof had to come off, and I mean the WHOLE roof! We k...
The Work Begins 9 Jan 2013 | 11:05 pm
I can't believe it has finally arrived! Since we moved here we have dreamt of extending into the barns. Looking at them everyday and imagining what it would be like! We have waded through acres and ac...
A Little Layer 23 Aug 2012 | 06:36 pm
Our new hen, Custard, is just a little bantam hen and there was concern that she may feel a little overwhelmed by the masses of larger hens, not to mention the cockerel! But it appears that she has se...
