Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 12:22 pm by Tammy
One of the great things about living at Waterloo Farm is the variety of wildlife we get in the garden, and especially at this time of year, the birds. We always try our best to put food out for them, ensuring there’s something for everyone – peanuts and seeds in feeders for the little birds, apples and suitable leftovers for the bigger ones and food on the floor for those that don’t hover so well like our resident pheasant Fezziwig! As you can imagine we were getting through quite a lot of shop-bought fat balls to keep up with them all, so I decided to have a go at making my own, and I’m pleased to say my experiments have been a total success 
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Tags: Bird Feeders, Bird Food, Birds, Pheasant, Wildlife
Posted in: Living the Country Life, Posts with Photos, Wildlife |
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 3:20 pm by Nigel
Christmas at Waterloo Farm 2009
Tags: Christmas Tree
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm by Nigel
Do you want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records? Do you want to help improve the planet? Can you plant a tree somewhere? Then it must be Tree O’Clock!
To support and promote national tree week support a world record attempt to plant the most trees in one hour. You can find out all about it here on the BBC website.
We are going to pledge to plant one tree during the designated time slot, can you also support it? If you want some help in choosing the right tree for your garden drop us a comment and we’ll try and help you. (Or at least we have some great books to help us help you!)
Tags: BBC Breathing Places, Garden Design and Improvements, Tree O'Clock, Trees
Posted in: Garden Improvements, Living the Country Life, Trees |
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 11:16 am by Tammy
Followers of the Waterloo Farm Blog will know that we have spent considerable effort remodelling the house to create a space which will one day be a ‘family room’ incorporating a kitchen, dining area and lounge. At the moment all that exists in the kitchen area are some pipes coming up through the concrete floor and various electrical cables coming down from the ceiling in preparation for what will one day be our new kitchen. Hopefully that day is not too far away as we have decided to start contacting some kitchen companies to talk about designs, costs, installations etc. One of the companies we contacted was Moben Kitchens, but I really wish we hadn’t bothered … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Customer Service, Kitchen Design, Moben Kitchens
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Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 10:05 pm by Nigel
Planting Daffodil Bulbs
Tammy’s method for planting ‘lots of’ Daffodil bulbs:
- Get Husband to dig a big trench 3 times the depth of the bulbs
- Line bottom with sharp sand (helps with the drainage as daffodils don’t like wet roots)
- Gently sink bulbs into sand
- Rake back soil and gently firm
- Wait for Spring!
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Tags: Daffodil Bulbs, Flower Beds, Garden Improvements, Planting Bulbs
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