Archive for January, 2008

Maggot Wars: The Worms Strike Back

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

One of the less pleasant jobs that I completed today was checking on the status of the ongoing maggot war that all began when there was a disaster in the worm farm caused by the infamous green bottle fly and a piece of unidentified Christmas meat. After the hideous task of manual removal last […]

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Big Bad Bertha

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Big Bad Bertha is a comical Christmas present. She is quite a voluptuous garden gnome and now lives in with the Grosse Lisse and Beefsteak Tomato bushes. I hope her melons inspire large juicy tomatoes.

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Win 500 Entrecard Credits

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Recently I joined the free Entrecard service in order to attract more traffic. An Entrecard is an online business card of sorts and is used to “drop” on other bloggers websites who also participate in the service. Whenever you drop a card you, and the person receiving the card, are given an Entrecard […]

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Easy To Grow Herbs

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Today I have decided to write about some of the easiest to grow plants in our garden. They are Chives, Ku Chai (Garlic Chives), and Sweet Basil. The two forms of chives are great chopped up finely in a salad.
Regular chives are a prolific plant that grows easily. Chives are great chopped […]

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Improve Wordpress Performance

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Whilst cruising around the Entrecard member sites dropping cards I often find some great articles and tips. The latest little gem is a real corker. It is the How Fast is your Wordpress Blog. It came in very handy for me as I was noticing increasingly slow load times on SCHWOIT. […]

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