We were talking over dinner about how you age wine, and how to brew beer and stuff. I was saying how it brews fastest in the barrel if you keep it at around 25 degrees, which is room temperature. The problem being of course that unless you are going to wrap it in [...]

I’d like to claim bragging rights for us :

We are four people with a small (vege) garden, using less water per day than a ‘typical’ two person household with no garden at all. Go us!

The day before my birthday we were chatting idly, and Monique says “So…35 tomorrow…”
“Oh OK”, says Ash. “I won’t have to wear tights under my dress”
Nothing like kids to give you a bit of mental whiplash!