Shed talk

The shed may be small bit it is impressive! we now have hooks for hanging up tools – everything in its place. even have shelves…..for jars of nails ….and things….. Position is ideal, under the trees by the allotment. Next – compost bins! More tea 🙂

Prune or not to prune

Read a book today about apple tree growing – Didn’t know ‘Orchardeering’ was a word! Also didn’t know that the science of apple growing is called ‘pomology’. Brilliant! Must be very careful about pruning these trees. Takes 3 years to do it properly. get it wrong and we could prevent fruiting for at least 3 […]

saturday

wild weather. one minute sunny , next torrential rain. thunder rolls. rainbow. arrive in hailstorm. cold and wet. The shed improvements take place – dry in there! Polytunnel gets cleared a bit more. What do we keep and what do we dig up? the fennel smells nice. leave it for now. prune back the little […]

Trago Mills

Spending lots of time in here of late! Spending the money is hard, have to make it work for us. Buy the essentials and an enamel tea pot and mugs – tea seems to be such an important part of the day.

Funding Applications :(

Spent many hours this week making funding applications. Worked ’til midnight to meet a deadline. If we get it, we will have money towards an eco-building. Have had to go back to the drawing board on it as it was returned as not eligible. Re-wrote it, and engaged support for elsewhere – lets hope its […]

Bonfire Raid

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 […]

What a week

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

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…

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 […]

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