Finally my greener life or bust , garden maintenance venture is now a money making venture, my first pay i even decided to use non power tools for the laylandii, bow saw and then dug them out very ecologically sound but very hard work leaving them in the garden so the soil and its inhabitants return to the garden, ill then cut them up for the woodburner, so money and fuel as pay cant be bad. And even better the lady next door wants me to look at a tree in her garden. Word of mouth is always the best form of advertising.

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Fancy that ,putting stuff on here by phone.  A milestone.  put my new gardening venture on yell.com.  lets see if i get any responces

This evening decided to have a look at the new refit Morrisons store , and as a lover of different veg and mushrooms was very suprised at the quality and variety of both. The freshness looked good and the new hightech counter with its ice base and misting system gathered much attention, but i throw this one out there. " how much energy does this use , whats its carbon footprint? what is this ultra fresh looking veg area costing to run. I also found it sad to get to the check out and find the person there didnt even know what Purple Kale was, perhaps a little less tech and a bit more education may work wonders. But on the whole a well done for trying to bring a bit of GREEN variety back to the plate.

At last a start to my new venture, Greener Life Or Bust   gardening. Im trying to create a more ethical way of gardening, as little waste as possible. This job started with the dismantling of a small cyprus garden it left quite a large pile of debris  some was cut for logs to burn in my logburner , the thinner lenghts i used to repair a hedge by weaving, all succesful with no waste   job done

It was tidy day yesterday, an attack on the kitchen . Its surprising how much recyclable stuff just hangs around for no reason, bottles,jars plastic bottles ,sprays with just a few drops in, all i can say is it was a good day it was our recycle bin day.The fridge also seems to hide a proportion ov compostable veg which the worms loved it . One item i found in there was a soft Apple, what to do, well had a big roaring stove so thought i would have a go at drying it.  Worked a treat and the kids loved it.

At last my new Business cards have arrived and they look very good also a slight breakthrough in the website . At work a new employee happens to be a web  and IT specialist and says he will get a page up for me   My little green venture starts to move in a new direction of part time work any relief from the day to day hassle of sales.

since last i wrote, well, what has happened. The major commitment here would be our investment in a brand new Clearview pioneer 400  , and WOW this little metal box is the most amazing unit ive ever used.
From being five ive always had a real fire usually coal in the family, but i must say the heat this stove kicks out is beyond anything ive ever known, Just think a simple walk in the woods with a bag can gather enough FREE fuel for a week,not bad . My gas bills have almost gone except for a little hob cooking, even in cooking the electric oven element broke and we didn't replace and ive got to say we very rarely miss it.
we have suffered set backs too,  free solar power companies just keep giving various excuses, and with FITS dropping in value such companies must be on the verge of collapse in the market place. Food production also hit snags , the weather all but stopped this years crops , only a few new potatoes and some hardy onions tuffed it out.
 Ive also decided that my skills need to be passed on , so, im setting up a small gardening business called , you guest it  Greener life or bust. My aim to advise and help people with their basic garden work , lawns bushes small trees , in an ethical manner. ill try to recycle what i can, compost what i can and in some cases burn on our stove, if the latter  happens the timber will be part of my payment . Ill use our low carbon car that's if my bike and a trailer ( not purchased yet) cant be used.  So i thought ill buy a web domain  and so i did www.greenerlifeorbust.co.uk . But i cant work out how to use it with free web hosting sites or to use this blogg as my site, why is everything so complicated for us older ones who prefer paper ive got this domain for 2yrs that may be enough time for me to work it all out.