Well not a complete finished kitchen but Joe has built the casing for the sink and washing machine so we now have a sink, complete with running water and a drain. At the moment we only have cold water but that is only a detail; the fact that for nearly 9 months we’ve had to carry…
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Wolf Spider coming to visit for winter
So this monster Wolf Spider came scuttling across the path today, scaring the bejeezus out of us! Thank god they are solitary creatures apart from carrying her offspring with her. She is now safely deposited in a neighbouring, empty property. Fortunately they are apparently not poisonous but they can give a nasty bite. We shan’t…
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Set backs and problem solving
This month hasn’t gone quite to plan. It all started when we realised the cement floor in the kitchen was only 2 – 4cms thick. Bearing in mind we have a pillar holding the mezzanine floor up and the cooking peshka weighs 140Kg we didn’t think the floor in it’s current state was up to…
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July update
The last month has been a bit of a strange month. We’ve been having a break from hosting volunteers; it’s hard work having volunteers! There’s the extra cooking (you can’t just have toast for dinner when you con’t be bothered to cook!), and then you have to find work for people to do which isn’t…
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Hot composting and humanure
Having done a survey of the soil in our garden, one of my main aims has been to increase the biological and fungal activity in the soil. For this we will need loads, and loads of compost! Hot composting After some research, I decided that the quickest way of doing this would be to make…
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Our first home-grown meal!
We reached a milestone today, with our first meal totally made using ingredients we have grown on our land! Descriptions on the pictures.
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May update
One day there will be a day without fruit to prepare or pick, but today is not that day. May started off quietly enough with a bit of tree maintenance, mulching and adding compost to the trees, and building our reed bed with our helpers Christie and Jessie, but now it’s just descended into fruit…
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