Tag: granny flat
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A Surprise for The Matriarch
I kept this a secret from everyone until The Matriarch came home because I wanted it to be a surprise. (And she reads the blog every day so i could not even whisper it) So after we picked her up from the airport and dawdled home I took her into the Coupe and introduced her…
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Piglets leave home and Day One of the Home Grown September Challenge.
Today, Red Hat Matt, one of the American builders who worked on The Coupe, is coming back to pick up his two piglets. He has bought the gilt (female) and one of the little barrows (castrated male) as company for her. So I am training them to like the Black Mariah that he will borrow…
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The Kiwi has Landed and so has a new Moggie
The roof on The Coupe, the most beautiful little apartment being built for The Matriarchs retirement that will be a guest house until she gets old, (which is not yet) has finally been finished, every gutter, every cap, every little bit of every little everything is finally on. Rooves are like jigsaws every piece must…
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A Tiny Tour through the Tiny House
These shots of The Matriarchs Coupe were taken to send to the man who we hope will plaster our dry wall. This is a very specialised job, not for the faint of heart. I thought you may be interested in the rough shots as well. They are boney and raw. And I hope you…
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The Kitchen’s Garden’s 2013 Garden has Begun.
Is that even a sentence? There must be about four grammatical errors in that title! However: the broccoli is up. The cabbages, leeks, celery and onions are sown. And the first wave of tomatoes have been sown too. The gardens have begun. No spring in sight but I can see the beginnings of the spring…
The Kitchen's Garden 