I have been threatening to combine my band patches (stored in a drawer) and one of my denim jackets for some time to make a battle...

I'd almost managed to go through 2023 without buying another ebike, this would be a record since I adopted them as my preferred mode of...

The latest thing I have tried sprouting in my sprouting jar is chickpeas, just 'normal' dried ones from Tesco costing around £1 for 500g....

My recent experiment growing microgreens from things found in the back of my kitchen cupboard was a success. On the back of this, I went...

I'm probably not alone in this but, I've still got most of the lentils and similar I bought when it wasn't possible to buy pasta at the...

Just four days, with the last being on the windowsill to get some light and turn it green, and it was ready and tasted like it should....

Back when I was at primary school, I remember us growing cress. I don't believe I've ever done so since. Yesterday I visited the local...

The postman has delivered me a strange combination of cheap goodies today. Coloured plastic tape, sequins, sparkly tape, coloured beads...

Well, I can see the difference but will the fish? I’ve bought a couple of job lots of fishing gear from eBay, much of it secondhand so...

I posted recently about the new queen ants I have captured, several of them seem to have had trouble settling in and have been very...

I planted some squash seeds 6 days ago, I've never had any success with these before but read that they need to be incubated so put them...

Before starting work today, I thought it would be good to do something I've intended to do for the last couple of weeks: create a queen...

For many years, my bathroom light has been somewhat retro, well no more, the bulb blew and I decided to upgrade to LED, rather than just...

I was going to grow some herbs a few years ago but after planting them I ended up going away for a week or more and they died, I'm going...

I've wondered about this for a while. The AirTag is potentially a really cheap (£25) way to add an extra layer of security to your bike...

It is a whole year since my last car went to the scrap yard and I've still not found a need to replace it. So, what have I saved? surely...

It is a whole year since I started to try to understand how I manage to spend so much on getting from A to B and it has been quite...

The Internet is full of bike snobs who assure us that any eBike costing less than about £5k will break down in a matter of weeks and...

Thread Lock is good stuff but what does it do and which one should you use? This is just a basic introduction as I'm certainly no expert...

I thought it was worth documenting the process for changing the brake pads on these entry-level hydraulic disc brakes so here it is. If...