Crikey, apologies for being absent for a few months. It's partly due to new eco-initiatives being a bit thin on the ground - we've already done most of the major things, we believe - but also the small matter of our getting married at the end of August has been somewhat distracting.

Suffice to say that our wedding is a very 'eco' affair, with Mosaic organising such things as locally grown flowers, and Martin making sure that our local lager, Calvors, will be available at the bar.

Back to business. We have just replaced our old oven with a brand spanking new one, made in the UK by Belling. Our first attempt to have it fitted was aborted when the electrician saw how much power it needed. Which was a bit odd, as it is 'A' rated for energy efficiency. Anyway, a two week delay and a fuse upgrade later, it is now in. And it's great. We can now cook in one oven and 'hold' in another, which should ultimately mean less waste.

We have also just renewed our gas contract, so we're committed to gas for a little longer. We are however keeping up date with 'Micro CHP' units, which seem to be gas boilers that use the waste/escaped heat to power a pump which in turn generates electricity. If we wake up one in the winter to a cold house and a dead boiler, we will hopefully be knowledgeable enough to get one of these put in sharpish.

We are also closing for refurbishment for a couple of weeks, and we're once again using eco-paints from Earth and Reed in Needham Market, although we might be trying a different type of paint this time around. We'll post an update when we know how it's worked.

And that's it for now.

Cheers,

Martin and Mosaic.