Beeing adventurous

As a further move towards a more sustainable life I have decided to try my hand at bee keeping. Not only for the obvious return of honey but also for pollinating attributes of these industrious little insects.

Good meat

As a meat eater. A believe that you can taste the difference.   Try Stepney Hill Farm in Scarborough. Fir your meat uou wont be disappointed.

Wild is best

Im sat here after being ill all night feeling pretty rough thinking that later ive got a Mallard to cook; not shot this time by myself but from a farm butchers I know very well, got to admit I probably know the gun too. I understand many of you out there will not agree with this type of food collection;  but this bird has been living as intended and is as free range as can be.  As a responsible hunter always eat what I catch or shoot and I believe that to be far better than commercial farmed food. If I hace to buy meat. I usually visit a local farm butcher and know exactly what im getting and where its from.

A greener Christmas

May I wish all the blog followers a merry Christmas. Remember all that recycling and composting.

Relaxing

Im sat here thinking how this year could change me?.I guess my lifestyle will have to change new challenges being on my own and carrying on my green life wherever possible. I hope I can start that new chapter.  A fb friend Naomi suggest a type of mood board for what I want out of life where I want to be in the future. Hope such visualisation will bring fruit as I need to get this greener life back on track and with it a calmer and more fulfilling life.

in reflection

I'm sat here thinking; just before i go to bed in my caravan,about my trip earlier in the year to Morocco. The lifestyle there , for those who have not been is an eclectic mix of ultra modern golf complexes and total poverty , huge castle like hotels to shanty towns and medieval style villages clinging to arid hillsides. The wildlife and scenery is spectacular, to our eyes but to many of the locals it is a place to plunder and dump.The Sahara desert surrounding towns is used as a free tip to many ranging from general household rubbish, to full scale building wastes . Trucks pour out from the cities and towns to just empty their loads onto the dessert, the very place that visitors wish to visit . should these sits be protected or are we just adding to the pressure to build and pollute more ?. The flip-side is the culture of nomads picking through the waste to make ends meet, recycling at its raw best .

A Woodburner and your life

Its a strange world; that the Woodburner takes you into where you are always looking for the next source of kindling or wood, skips are  always worth a look . But by far the most obscure act is measuring a tree or branch by the week rather than by the foot or metre.