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During the recent cold spell in the UK where temperatures were below freezing for over a week and fell as low as -12C in places I brought in...

Further to Just how quickly does Bokashi break down? the wormery is looking rather wet and miserable after all the rain we have had recentl...

Further to the original post on 19 October 2008 here are a few pictures of the Bokashi that was added to my worm bin. Here is what the bin ...

Over on the Wiggly Wigglers Facebook group there is a discussion on Bokashi ( Bokashi Qs ) and a few of us taking part in an experiment to ...

On Friday I travelled down to Ledbury, dropped the family off at some friends and then (with an awful lot of help from Digital Doris, TomTom...

This week is Composting Awareness Week and it runs from 4-10 May 2008. This site has some great offers on composting systems such as the C...

I recently bought a new mower from Wiggly Wigglers and have been so impressed with it that I have written a review for them. The review ca...

I make compost and am fascinated with the various methods of creating it. My reasons for making compost are partly because it truly is blac...

"Winter" 2008 has to be the most prolonged bout of Autumn ever: We've had so much rain here in the UK that you'd swear it ...

I hope everybody out there had a great Christmas and are enjoying whatever they got whether they wanted them or not. We had a nightmare/grea...

Today was supposed to be the final day of having workmen invade the place. The new carpet and laminate floor have been completed and, as yo...

At last we have nearly completed the 2007 phase of improving our house. What started as the central heating and replacement of knackered ol...

Plastering, which has held up the conservatory for longer than it took to build the thing, is now complete. The house now smells of wet pl...

After what must be the tenth attempt a miracle has occurred and we have found a plasterer who both answers your calls, comes when he says AN...

It's an old (and tired) saying that DIY stands for ' Destroy It Yourself' rather than ' Do It Yourself' but I've man...