Crafts & Activities for Kids 10 Spring Activities to do with Preschoolers Posted on April 11, 2019May 2, 2025 By Becky One of the things I love most about living in the UK is the definitive change of seasons. I love it when Summer turns to Autumn, Autumn to Winter (hello, Christmas!), and then after what feels like an age of slightly depressing January and February, SPRING appears! It seems to… Read more
Gardening The Best Ways to Protect Your Garden from Pests Posted on October 10, 2017May 2, 2025 By Becky It can become very frustrating when all of your hard work and efforts to create a beautiful garden, are trampled on by the pests that like to wriggle their way into your garden and make their mark on your prized tomatoes (something that happened to us this year, the beasties… Read more
Gardening Summer Evenings with our La Hacienda Murcia Chimenea Posted on June 25, 2016March 26, 2020 By Becky You know you’re a proper grown up right when you have ‘nice’ garden furniture? Well, since buying our first ‘posh’ set of outdoor garden seating at the end of last summer (making the most of the sales!), we’ve been looking forward to using it this year. Along with our (kinda)… Read more
Gardening Stylish Outdoor Living with Harley and Lola Posted on April 17, 2016August 13, 2021 By Becky Now that the weather seems to be getting nicer (I know I’m tempting fate here!), my thoughts home-wise have once again turned to spending more time outdoors. Whether that’s playing with the children, eating, drinking, reading, whatever- I’m all about creating the perfect space for doing all of these things. … Read more
Gardening Garden Update – August Posted on September 4, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Wowsers, August has really zipped on by Garden-wise. Probably because we haven’t actually done too much more to our little space- we’ve just sort of sat back and let nature do it’s thang, and reaped the rewards of us actually looking after our plants. I am pretty proud, as although… Read more
Gardening Garden Update- July Posted on August 7, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Good morning and happy Thursday! Just a quickie garden update this month… Well in July it was a month of blooming and perishing, depending on whether you were plant or mollusc. Certain things have been thriving: Our tomato plants have gone nuts and are HUGE, with so many tomatoes just… Read more
Gardening Garden Update – June 2014 Posted on July 3, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Good morning! I fear this could be an epic garden update today, as I have so many nice pics and we have done so much to the garden this last month, that I don’t know where to start! I must mention my awesome Mum again, as she has once more… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids 10 Spring Activities for Preschoolers Posted on April 11, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky One of the things I love most about living in the UK is the definitive change of seasons. I love it when Summer turns to Autumn, Autumn to Winter (hello, Christmas!), and then after what feels like an age of slightly depressing January and February, SPRING appears! It seems to… Read more