It suddenly clicked!
I’m still making very little progress with my mending pile and things are still breaking at a good rate in my household (although I have started a bit of what I think is an adventurous project…
Found
I’m often out walking somewhere with my family on the weekends. Our kids have so much energy that they need to get out and about and burn some of it…
How to make a DIY chimney balloon
How to make a DIY chimney balloon at home, quickly and with very little expense! Blocking drafts from your chimney can save you money and energy
Obsessive or prudent?
I have written a couple of articles about our Eco-Eye energy monitor here and here, but really it is my husbands baby and he wanted to write an article about…
What a great haul!
This half term I’ve booked in playdate after playdate – a great way to keep the kids entertained in the holidays. Today I met up with a school mum and…
Ooh arr me hearties!
Chrismakah (i.e. Christmas and Chanukah) are approaching fast and I have started thinking about what I am going to do for it. For Chanukah we have always given our kids a…
Tado the intelligent heating control – first impressions
I recently wrote an article about how and why my husband is tracking my every move and I mentioned that we are beta testing a new heating control called Tado….
How and why my husband is tracking my every move!
Don’t worry my other half isn’t a crazy stalker, he just has a ridiculous amount of information about our home energy usage! I have mentioned previously about how we keep an…
More flowers!
We are really lucky to have several beautiful well established rose bushes in our garden. As I mentioned recently I am not a fan of shop bought flowers and with roses like…
Picture request!
This morning I was tweeting away about how we keep an eye on the efficiency of our solar panels and I was asked to put up some pictures of our panels. They…