Author Archives: Cornrigs

This post is a product review on glass grinders for stained glass. It follows our experience on a stained glass course, which is discussed in detail in this article. While this is not an exhaustive guide on glass grinders for stained glass, we do focus on three specific grinders (two that we have personal experience of) […]

Summary This blog post details our experience on a 12-week stained glass course for beginners offered by our local council. In it, we share our journey, from beginners to creating our own stained glass projects. We discuss the various techniques and skills we learned, including cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering, with interesting insights, such as […]

When deciding on a self-sufficient lifestyle, one of the first questions people ask is “can I keep chickens in my garden?” So, in this post, we look at our experience of doing just that in our own urban garden at home. First, we discuss the range of benefits that chickens can bring, from natural fertiliser […]

In this concluding part of our journey into urban beekeeping, we recount losing a second swarm only days after losing our first and explain why we were forced to introduce a new queen at considerable financial cost. We then recount both the high we felt after harvesting our first honey crop and the sickening low […]

In this second instalment of our journey into urban beekeeping, we transfer our new bees into the hive and conduct our first hive inspection. We then explain the importance of regular hive inspections to prevent swarming and highlight the key signals to look out for when a colony is about to swarm. We also look […]

This blog post is the first of three that follows our journey into urban beekeeping as beginners. In it, we look at how to start beekeeping, highlighting the benefits for both bees and humans. We explain the importance of careful planning and research, essential equipment and answer a common question “How much does it cost […]