Power to the People

Another big piece of our original plans for living at The Secret Acre has finally fallen into place, after only ten years in the planning!

We are declaring our energy independence. No more hostage to Putin, dirty fossil fuels, or uneconomically expensive nuclear, and all the evil dinosaur corps that continue to peddle them.

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Barnstorming 

It’s been a quiet few weeks at The Secret Acre having been unexpectedly struck down by pestilence and plague. I spent the hottest day of the year, shivering under a duvet, unable to get warm. Annoying when there is so much to do. Hopefully we can start getting back to the harvest soon.

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Hello Zappi

It’s now two years since we said goodbye to fossil fuels, and went fully electric with our Renault Zoe.

And despite some periods of Covid travel restrictions, we have been very happy with it, driving the length and breadth of the country, discovering the rapidly increasing numbers of charging stations in lovely spots off the motorway. Nice, like driving used to be.

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