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Bonfire Raid
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Bonfire Night. A huge bonfire has appeared in the field behind the garden. It is stacked high with wood that we could use. The students make a bonfire raid (with permission of course) we got pallets to make compost bins, boards to make the raised beds in the polytunnel and wood to fix up the […]
Photography @ boot up!
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A time lapse piece will be up and running by next week, documenting the annual seasonal change through both human and natural influence! Some great ‘documentary’ images so far of the work, people, places, and the garden in general. Projects in the planning; – Monitoring of nocturnal wildlife, to establish some camera traps using remote […]
What a week
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Late in joining the blog – just been too busy with getting all the planning and funding sorted out. So pleased to see it is all coming on so well, am heartened and excited by all the activity and the generosity of others. Feel constrained by the rigours of the official side of things, just […]
storm in a tea cup
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High winds and pouring rain all the way here and up the path – still windy but the rain has eased for now… or maybe I’ve spoken too soon. So, today is probably an indoor, or to be more precise, in polytunnel day, although there are visitors on the agenda so I’m hoping the MET […]
First blog of growing thoughts…
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Space to growGrowing place A plot of land, bordered with rabbit proof fencing, holly, oak, tall firs. Overgrown and beautiful.Base-camp has been (temporarily) formed in poly-tunnel 1, after a hot first day of clearing undergrowth; leaving, transplanting, uprooting as necessary.A path cleared, and another. How far to prune and strim?Wanting to maintain the spaces character…Naming […]