A couple of weeks back I emailed Cinderford council using the email on their web site which is clerk@ . It was a simple query asking why the minutes from meetings were not shown on their web site. As you can see from the picture the last entries were for 2015, so nothing for 2 years. Here is the text …
10 Reasons to Support Local Businesses
Support your local business I have always felt that it is very important to support local businesses and I do practice what I preach. More on that later but here are a few reasons you should too. 1 Local Economy Local businesses are the backbone of our economy and shopping at local businesses is much better for the economy of …
Exploring the forest of dean
Finding things in the Forest of Dean The forest of Dean is a beautiful area, partly in Gloucestershire but bordered by Herefordshire and very close to Wales. It has always been one of my favourite areas and we have now lived in Cinderford for 3 years. Of course it isn’t just the lovely countryside, there are hundreds of great small …
Early planting has paid off
Planting early vegetables in the garden It is of course always a gamble to plant vegetables early as a late frost can damage your plants, but as we were so late last year we decided to take a chance and so far it has paid dividends. You can see from the picture on the left some of our early carrots. We …
What is living in Cinderford like
View PostSpring planting in the garden
Early Planting in the garden The weather has been very mild here in the forest of dean and the forecast is looking good for the next month as well, so I have taken a chance with some early planting. My deep beds have all had compost and well rotted manure forked in, and I have early peas showing and I …
Big changes to our garden
Gardening When we moved in last year the garden was very different. As you can see the top was all lawn, there was a tatty old garden shed and on the right was a huge pine that blocked the light and shed needles everywhere. Nothing really suited what we wanted. Since then the shed has been demolished ( a new …
Good progress on the garden
Garden Progress We have made good progress on our garden this week. The base for the shed is nearly ready and the shed itself will be delivered and erected on Friday week ( the 10th ). I will be very pleased when it is here as all my window ledges are covered with chitting potatoes and I’m also starting various …