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  Last autumn I thought I'd give using the ASHP a go, we've never used it. So I turned it on for a day but nothing happened and I gave up. This autumn I tried again. I watched youtube videos by men who gabble and adjusted the settings to perfection. Things did happen, lights came on, numbers rose, the HP puffed but no heat hit the radiators so, after a week, I texted the lovely man who services it and he popped in today 1/2

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  Added bonus of having the heating engineer in this morning is that I got a phenomenal amount of housework done, even washed a lot of doors and skirting boards down, almost fit for visitors

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  Charging the phone earlier in a useful extention lead with 4 little sockets for such things as phone cables. I had just sat down near it to drunk a cuppa when there was a crack and a puff of smoke, from the socket not the phone, thank goodness. Would it have caught fire if I had not been there, I just don't know, it was very hot.

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  Anyone else as annoyed with spell check censoring words that some puritan in the USA thinks are inappropriate to use by marking then as misspelt? Is there any way to stop it short of switching off spell check? Examples are crack and cock. The other day my photo library tried to censor the accompanying photo by telling me it may contain inappropriate content. It clearly thinks there may be little willies (another censored word) hiding in bee hives 🤷‍♀️

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  Just one treat before bed, please #DogsOfMastodon

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  Someone has left a small bag of dried fruit and nuts sealed with an hare Krsna sticker in the honey honesty fridge🤔 I am torn between how sweet and how odd. We know no-one involved with that movement. Would you risk eating them?

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  Someone would have like another hour in bed. Me too little one #DogsOfMastodon

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  Diesel has gone up again today in Llandovery 202.9p

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  Lizard up under a hive lid. Because we were early and he was on the shaded side he was fairly torpid so I got a couple of picture. Normally they freeze for a split second and then are gone in a flash of bronze #wildlife

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  Not something you see very often. A hard bodied tick of some sort on a hive lid. Makes you glad your in wellies and covered from head to foot 😳 #wildlife

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  Slept well so cooking with gas so far today🤞. I've finished spinning out the honey frames I had uncapped yesterday and trimmed mildew leaves in the polytunnel. Made a flask of tea and a very basic lunch and soon we will be off out to inspect the hives and put clearer boards on at the apiary we widened the path to yesterday #beekeeping

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  You would not believe how heavy that little machine is but we got it up without either of us getting an actual hernia or ruptured disc. Now to get it down and back up at the apiary #beekeeping

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  I have a really busy work schedule today extracting honey. Been awake since about 3.30 and so far I am not even dressed☹️

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  Our 3 girls this morning #DogsOfMastodon

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  Is it dinner time yet? #DogsOfMastodon

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  Off out to see if we can get some clearer boards on the bees near Brecon. Very nice as we set out but appreciable cooler #beekeeping

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  Forgot to toot yesterdays extraction photos. Balsam mostly I think, could be clover but I think not #beekeeping

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  Good test of the bee proof bee suits in the next apiary. The bees were right up the pole, no idea why. Only stings on the hands, 3 for me and one for Stuart #beekeeping

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  A bowl full of naturally soft set honey. Different honeys set at different rates, to different firmness and, most importantly, to different crystal size. To make soft set, or creamed as they call it in the USA, you mix a smooth, buttery honey with very small crystals so its not gritty into a clear honey with no existing crystals in it. This is then seeded with the fine crystals and will set much the same. #Beekeeping

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  We share a 15-acre mansion in Powys for cost of a two-bed house - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7mglglvmgo

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  @zahradie@mastodon.social neighbour shades the greenhouse. Its a bit of a catch 22 isn't it as they need the light and those also look quite heavy. I think shade would be better than covering but is hard. Mulch is the really good thing you can do to keep the moisture in the soil at the roots so any water they do have is available for as long as possible. I do cover things against frost though

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  Does anyone know of anywhere that some one who lives alone can go to recuperate after an operation for about a week in south Wales or maybe the Bristol area. Not a care home for the elderly, this person is not really elderly or usually infirmed. There does not seem to be such a place #Wales

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  How parents and pupils took on 'cruel', 'authoritarian' English schools - and won - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgje8d1p419o

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  Sheep farmer had hydatid disease from tapeworm parasite for years - BBC News This is why its important to worm your dogs monthly if they walk in rural areas. To protect you and to stop the spread https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jl7jj74n0o

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  @kim@fedi.social @suearcher@toot.wales good point!

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  Llansadwrn nestled under its small mountain tonight #Wales

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  It feels as if the hills, all the creatures and all the plants that live here are holding their breath hoping for rain #Wales

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  Can you see the girl who is working the Himalayan balsam? #beekeeping

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  Rosa Bethsheba is making the most of the warmth. She is smothered in small, sweet smelling flowers #roses

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  Just try getting her in a bath in the house #DogsOfMastodon