Recent content by Woody girl

This is partly why they are building these massive ai centres. It's certainly not for our benefit (as they try to convince us Look at how much electricity and water for cooling they need to function. We are already short of water, and electricity is beginning to be used more and more for cars...

I just find the whole idea scary and demonic. I don't think tech like this is ethical. If you don't want to be face to face with your enemy, just don't fight in the first place. War is over rated and we should be working towards peaceful means of settling differences instead of lobbing...

The water butt is slowly filling, just about a third full now, after adding all the buckets and other containers of water I set out. Even full, it won't last the summer, if it gets realy hot again. Bit of a worry. I've packet the veg beds, don't want to loose anything. I'm going to try mulching...

Well, awke to rain and cooler temps today. What a relief for the garden, and for me. The water butts are almost empty, and my shoulders and wrist are aching from carrying gallons of water up and down the garden each morning and evening. My spinach has bolted too. I havnt even begun to harvest...

Oh what a shame, that must be heartbreaking for you. I know how much you loved it there. Have you thought about somewhere else , maybe Butser Hill near Petersfield? I'm sure there are other places around the country that might want your skills.

It seems to have a seperate fly with a porch, looking at the instructions, but I've not had an opportunity to set it up yet. It could well be single skin, the instructions aren't very clear. I'm busy with looking after my veg garden and setting up a balcony veg garden per my permaculture...

Got me a little two man tent in green from Halfords on Wednesday...yes it wasn't today, but hey.. It was only 38 quid, and seems a nice little tent for overnighters. Replaces my 3 man, barbie pink vango, which though I like it well enough, is quite in your face, not realy very bushcraft, plus...

I have a feeling you are being a tad crude. No? Be careful, I seem to have control of the weather with my sunnies and factor 50. I might just call for a bolt of lightning to give you a flash ;)

All the pet cooling mats were sold out when I finaly got to the shops yesterday. Not a one to be had at b and m, the range or pets r us. Couldn't get my hoover parts either despite the website saying they were available at the tool shop. So my friend Ray has ordered them online for me. I've...

Found my first wild strawberry this morning. Only one as yet, but I had to eat it before the birds got it. ;)

Yep, my loft is well insulated but concrete tiles make it like an oven! Wish I could get my hammock up, but I only have one tree, and there is a street light that shines into my garden all night with a terrible white led gleam. Lights the whole garden up, this despite all the other streetlights...

I wet my hair this morning..long hair.. it was dry in about 3 minutes when i went out to water the garden early! Tried the through draft, but no breeze and it just gets hotter! I've got a strange micro climate in my road, being a cul de sac, in a narrow deep valley about half a mile or less...

I bought one of those scarves at the wilderness gathering last year, worked well, tried to use it yesterday, but its gone all slimy when rehydrated this year,....nasty! They are meant to be reusable. Not this one!

Wondering how people are coping with this heat. Especially if you have health conditions that make it dodgy. Normaly I love the sun and long for the warmer weather, but this past few days I've been struggling a bit with it. I have heart, blood pressure, and asthmatic conditions, which makes...

While sat by the river eating my lunch, I spied a flash of bright blue streaking at lightning speed downstream, under the bridge and away. A fleeting glimpse of a kingfisher. Lots of tiddlers in the river, some quite a good size. Lots of food for the kingfisher. I shall have to spend a bit...