Working Hard!
We’ve all been busy the last couple of days bringing up wheelbarrows full of rotted horse muck up to the gardens. And today we’ve been working on the new kitchen garden at the side of Andy and...
View ArticleMongolian Yurt to Kitchen Caravan Steps
Matt, Andy and new Woofer Aaron have been working on these today so they will be fit for use soon! Then we will have to mosaic the rising bits to make them look nice.
View ArticleSwimming Pool Preparations
Matt, Aaron and Andy (supervised by Poppy) have been making the final preparations to the base for the swimming pool. First they levelled a 4.5m diameter circle on the ground (the ground looks level...
View ArticleBread Oven / Forno
We’re going to start building our bread oven this Saturday, 18th September! Everyone Welcome This will not be run as a formal workshop but simply an opportunity for anyone who’s interested to come...
View ArticleWall and Fridge
We made a start on extending the wall around the outdoor “kitchen area” yesterday. And Matt made a start on his no-energy fridge, made with concrete blocks (which will be tiled inside) that sit under...
View ArticleBread Oven
It has been a madly busy week again. Many many thanks to Shawn, the bread oven king, for staying with us this past week, and persevering with the bread oven construction. We had 4 tonnes of granite...
View ArticleA New Stable!
Lovely Lizzie has bought the adorable Albert and he’s coming to live with us!! So … even though we’re selling up and moving we’re building a new stable, and putting up some more secure post and rail...
View ArticleNew Fence
Andy and Johnny finished the new fence for Albert’s paddock today. Fence around Albert's Paddock And I took a photo looking up towards the houses. View up to houses from Albert's paddock
View ArticleOlives, piri-piri, aloe vera, and a new toilet!
Today I put the olives for eating into jars. They’ve been in water for 2 weeks, with the water being changed every day. I made up a brine of water with enough salt in it to float a medium-sized peeled...
View ArticleLoveable Loo
Yay! Finally bought a bucket to fit the old chest I wanted to turn into a Loveable Loo – and today Jonny put it all together for me Ready to use! Removable bucket (with lid, not shown in pic) for easy...
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