Extreme gardening

April 24th, 2011

A glorious day here at the coast. Continuing on from yesterday’s weeding we are continuing the gardening.

Andrea has taken out all unwanted growth from most of the borders and I took this fella down to size… All with a hand saw.

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Photo update

April 18th, 2011

I have uploaded a few pictures;

  • a visit to Durham in January,
  • Edinburgh in February to see Dave and Wendy,
  • the community garden and the coast in March,
  • and finally in April, some gardening and a walk to Tynemouth with some Front street resurfacing shots!

Here we go again

April 17th, 2011

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The first BBQ of the season is lit, hear it roar!

It turns out a jet washer is the key to cleaning off 6 month old grease and ash…

Pizza

April 12th, 2011

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We are now proud bread maker owners once more. We had one in NZ (thanks Christine!) but it didn’t fit in the luggage home.

Now, thanks to a scorching hotukdeal.com, we have another. It’s first task was a wholemeal loaf on Sunday and it delivered in style. Mmm. Fresh.

Last night I tried the dough option and made pizza. I have been trying to make the perfect pizza for over a year now. I have tried several doughs, pizza stones, I even have a peel (a pizza shovel). This looks like being the best pizza dough I have tried.

I just cooked them in metal pizza trays this time. The next step is to incorporate the pizza stones. The awkward part is moving the fully laden gastronomic delight, even with a specific utensil. I feel much practice is in order…

Mighty mini greenhouse

April 9th, 2011

I bought and built a mini greenhouse on Friday. Here it is with one lone chilli plant as a tester… And a few more randoms at the bottom to stop it blowing away.

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