www.downshiftme.com - the website of Matt and AJ and the story of our change from city life in Leeds, UK to a simpler country life in Nova Scotia, Canada. Hopefully there will also be something for those who also wish to downshift for a simpler more natural lifestyle. This is the podcast only feed.

Happy Easter
Weather has changed for the weekend
More plants – house is becoming a nursery. Willow propagating - growing "fedges".
Greenhouse - bad news - shipping $600 US from Maine. Still cheaper than other alternatives.
Wine and Trees garden – seen in flesh. Looks even better in the flesh than in the photos.
Woodpecker
AJ has a commission to design a garden
Robins are back - 14 robins in the front garden
Provincial Nominee Program – NS graduate route immigration forms now available.
Wide salary differences in Nova Scotia.
www.acountrylife.com – Canadian Immigration discussion board
Google ads – experiment. Hopefully not too intrusive. Its free money for us if it works. If you are interested in anything – click it – if not don’t :)
Header image has changed. AJ wants to change the bumble bee and the sunflower.
May get the bee hives back.
Bad Things
AJ – snow in spring
Matt – muddy water
Good things
AJ – good things on the horizon
Matt – recognition at work that doing a good job