Tag: Small Business
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Harvesting Early Crop Spuds 2023
Maybe not on the same scale as the big operators but proud as punch all the same. Planted Paddy’s Day, lifted and washed today. Three lots still in the ground, along with: Carrots, Peas, Onions, Beetroot, Broccoli, Leaks, Courgettes, Lettuce, Cabbage and Rhubarb.
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Sowing Early Crop Spuds
The first proper bit of outdoor work of 2022, two lots of early crop spuds gone in this week so far. Hopefully the first of a bagful of hands-on projects to come to fruition. Will they all happen? Who knows, but the day I can’t dream close the door and knock off the light on…
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Overdue Catchup – Plenty of Shed Work
First of all my profuse apologies for the lack of content in this space for the last couple of weeks, things are hopefully getting to ‘normal’ or whatever passes for it. We have ramped up production of our Eco-Friendly Heat Briquettes and also got a few woodwork projects back on the go as well and…
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Watch “The making of a masterpiece – Part 1” on YouTube
What began as a mad notion bordering on a pipedream at best is getting a step closer to becoming a reality. Move over Van Gogh!
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Eco-Friendly Heating Bale – from start to finish
In today’s video, we take you along during the process of packing and actually baling the Eco Briquette. In previous videos you’ll have seen how we shredded newspapers or any such material which was surplus to requirements before soaking and steeping for a week to 10 days. Then, in a rare happy accident, it was…
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Rolling Up Before Baling
The project which has been hinted at over the past week or so is almost ready for lift off. No matter what the material is though, hay, straw, silage, maize (corn) stalks or in this case paper, it needs to be rowed or rolled up before being put through a baler. Please stay tuned for…
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Woodwork in the office
Weather conditions dictated that what would normally be shed were re-located to the office today. The cutlery drawer turned flower box got it’s third coat of paint while another ongoing project was ramped up with a small mound of newspapers were torn up and soaked in buckets of water. Confused? Stay tuned, all will be…
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Watch “Drilling, Hooking and Painting” on YouTube
As the great Hanibal Smith of the A-Team might say, I love it when a plan comes together! My only Woodwork project from school has been recreated, plus something very similar on a bigger scale for tool storage and a window box for flowers with a difference.
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All cards on the table
In today’s video, we have a mixture of what has got me through this strangest of winters and a glimpse of what lies ahead going forward. We have our first unboxing of the new year as preparations for Spring sowing begin in earnest. And there’s also a look at a new pass time, which has…