• This page covers my experience of growing Gardeners Delight tomatoes during 2022. I’m far from an expert so I wouldn’t necessarily copy what you find here. I’ll be planting twelve plants in our small, south facing, vegetable patch. I’ve grown…

  • We’ve tried gardening on and off a fair few times over the years but we’ve never had the level of success that we really wanted. Possibly our best year was 2020 when we had all the time in the world…

  • The default install of a Raspberry Pi will create a user with the username “pi” and the password “raspberry”. If you are only accessing this machine via it’s hardware interfaces (e.g. you have a keyboard plugged in) then this isn’t…

  • The default hostname for a Raspberry Pi is “raspberrypi” which is great if you’ve only got one Pi but as soon as you add a second to the network things start getting a bit confusing. This quick guide will show…

  • While the default Raspberry Pi desktop is fairly lightweight as far as desktops go it’s still quite a burden on a small device like a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. Something like the Zero often finds itself used in an environment…

  • Back in 2020 with the pandemic just starting I decided to grow some chillies. This isn’t the first time I’ve tried, way back in my first home I grew a few chillies from seeds that I collected from supermarket chillies.…

  • Below is a list of what I used and where I bought it from. Costing is always difficult; items that I know I’ll probably use in the future (nuts and bolts, etc) I’ll often buy more than I need and,…

  • I thought it would be useful to compile a quick list of potential suppliers for this project. I didn’t necessarily buy from any of these places they just sold things that looked like they might be useful in the build.…

  • Why? There’s a bandsaw shaped hole in my workshop and it needs filling. Why Build Your Own? Why not? Buying a commercial bandsaw is certainly easier and by the time I’ve finished this project it would probably be cheaper as…

  • A fantastic lunch pot of dinner meal, calorie counted, makes 6 portions. I buy the chip shop curry sauce mix from Tongmaster Seasonings. Ingredients 500g rice = 2.5 cups = 1755 calories Packet chip shop curry powder from Tong Master…

  • A calorie counted lunch pot meal. Makes 6 portions. Ingredients 500g Rice = 2.5 cups = 1755 calories 4 eggs, beaten = 288 calories 1 can pineapple chunks (inc juice) = 222 calories. 200g frozen peas = 1.5 cups =…

  • Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 rashers smoked streaky bacon 1 onion, finely chopped 1 celery stick, finely chopped 1 medium carrot, grated 2 cloves of garlic or 1/2 tsp garlic powder 500g beef mince 1 tbsp tomato purée 2…

  • Ingredients 7g active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 80ml lukewarm water 3 large room-temperature eggs 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil 1 teaspoon salt 120ml lukewarm water 560g all-purpose flour 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 teaspoon water for glaze…

  • Ingredients Shortbread 225g plain flour 175g unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes 75g caster sugar Topping 150g butter 1 x 379g can condensed milk 100g golden syrup 350g dark chocolate, or a mixture of dark and milk, chopped into small…

  • Makes 8 lunch sized portions Ingredients Spices Fennel – 1.5 tsp Mustard Seed – 4 tsp Cumin Seeds – 5 tsp Ground Corriander – 3 tsp Ground Turmeric – 5 tsp Brown Sugar – 4 tbsp Black Pepper – very…