Simon's home and garden
A mixture of posts about our home and Garden. We do love our Gardens and have always treated then as another room or set of rooms in our home. I also like making things and there are a few special projects here.
Posts about Simon's home and garden
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Gluten free veggie sausage roll recipe
on Wed, Dec 24, 2025 ~ Post | Home | Misc
A gluten-free vegetarian sausage roll recipe with mature Cheddar, sage, and Jus-Rol puff pastry — including the chilling trick that keeps the filling in place. -
Home network set up changes
on Sun, Aug 4, 2024 ~ Shorticles | Home
Simon Cox details his home network upgrade, replacing powerline adapters with Devolo Magic 2 for better coverage and performance throughout the house. -
Then I built a new bin store!
on Mon, Jun 3, 2024 ~ Post | Home
Simon Cox discusses designing and building a bin store, highlighting the challenges and solutions in creating a functional and aesthetically pleasing structure. -
How I Built a Log Store (Plans, Materials List & Costs)
on Tue, May 28, 2024 ~ Post | Home | Featured
Simon Cox built a new log store for my firewood to replace the pallet crates the logs come in and this includes a plan and materials list. -
Lightning Strikes
on Mon, Apr 17, 2023 ~ Shorticles | Misc | Home
Lightning strikes not far from us knocked out a lot of the villages comms. -
Plots and scheming - digging out a raised bed for fresh food and herbs
on Thu, Nov 14, 2013 ~ Post | Home
We’ve always wanted to grow our own vegetables—not to an extreme, but as a nod to the post-war "make do and mend" lifestyle. -
2004 Annual Garden Party
on Sun, Aug 29, 2004 ~ Shorticles | Gallery | Garden | Home
It is 1pm and in two hours our annual Garden party starts. We have nearly everything ready and Paula has just gone to get the food. -
Shitaji-Mado
on Sat, Jul 10, 2004 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home
I have finally got around to finishing off the machiai by installing the missing wall complete with a shitaji-mado - a built-in bamboo window lattice. -
Lower Garden Area Re-vamp
on Sun, May 30, 2004 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home
There's not been much going on in this area, but since we put out a new raised platform this whole area has come alive for us. -
Garden Party images
on Thu, Aug 28, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home | Gallery
We have had images from Dad as well as our own so there is a good mix. They can be found in the Gallery. -
Our Annual Garden party!
on Sun, Aug 24, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home
Today is our third annual Garden Party. We had the first one to celebrate rebuilding the garden and had so much fun that we decided to do one every year. -
New garden water feature
on Mon, May 26, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home
I have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features. -
All my own work
on Sat, May 24, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Garden | Home
Planted these allium christophii last year as bulbs and just look at them now! Lots of other bulbs on their way too. -
Spring has sprung
on Sun, Apr 20, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Home | Garden
Despite the lack of entries here we have been doing a lot to the garden over the winter. -
Winter is upon us
on Fri, Jan 3, 2003 ~ Shorticles | Misc | Home | Garden
We have not had any snow or ice yet and only a very little frost. The garden is getting ready for a cold Jan and Feb. -
New Bamboo!
on Sat, Jun 22, 2002 ~ Shorticles | Home | Garden
ur visit to Coolings Garden Centre found us a stunning coloured-cane bamboo. The garden's blooming beautifully with saxifrage still flowering since April. -
Clematis go in
on Tue, Jun 4, 2002 ~ Shorticles | Home | Garden
I made a small trellis, from bamboo that I had pruned out of the garden last month, which I have dug in with the first clematis up against the fence. -
Black fence
on Sun, Jun 2, 2002 ~ Shorticles | Home | Garden
We have painted the eastern boundary fence black. We tried to get some more of the black fence paint that we had already used.