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18th October 2025 I was going to call this post ‘To Bee or Not to Bee Two’, but discarded that in favour of something more snappy. ‘To Bee to Bee Two’ and even ‘2B2B2’ were abandoned as too silly. So. It’s a fortnight since Aaron’s heroic efforts with our wild hive. Hats off to the…

14th October 2025 Yes indeedy, I hope you are all suitably impressed, as you can see from above, we are unpacked. And the photos don’t show the 20+ flat packed boxes we have stored in the shed ready to act as weed suppressant in the grounds. Even better the agents are collecting the packing material…

8th October 2025 I spent a bit of last night thinking, overthinking and to be honest worrying about how today was going to pan out. There is a very good saying that 3am is not a good time to make judgements and so it has fared. All in all the anticipation has been the worst…

7th October 2025 It’s a big day tomorrow. The haulier is bringing our container to Pollards, at a time yet to be determined, he will drive down the cart road, through the gates. (He has already done a test drive so he is confident of getting it in). Then we have an appointment at 1pm…

7th October 2025 …that is the question. And it’s a question we are getting asked over and over again. It’s a positive sign of Pollards being a good natural environment, but it brings its challenges. The roads of Barbados are littered with signs saying ‘WE MOVE BEES’ followed by a phone number. Many small outfits…

October 3rd 2025 According to the tracking at 18.00 last night the Valparaiso Express docked in Bridgetown. The ship looks just massive, I mean ginormous and soooo very heavy. Nestled in the melee (I hope not at the bottom), one of those little squares, is our huge 20ft container. I have to admit being initially…

30th September 2025 The monkeys have been particularly interested in the orchids in the large hard wood trees in front of the kitchen window. I’m guessing that there are new tender shoots that they are munching on. The fall out for this is that they pull out the orchids and the remnants plummet to the…

28th September 2025 Friday (19th September) The day after termite Armageddon, and we had a day off because we expected workmen on Saturday and planned to work whilst they were here. So we kicked back, chilled out at home and managed four dips in the pool before lunch! It’s really lovely having the time to…