An amazing effort was made last year to build a sauna, based primarily on recycled timber. This year we wanted to make some improvements. The roof needed the most work, so we reinforced it, andContinue reading
Category: Land
The Allotment Wildflower Meadow
Native wildflower meadows are an endangered habitat, nearly all our of wildflower meadows have disappeared as farming practices have changed and towns and villages have expanded to swallow up flower-rich fields. This is tragic becauseContinue reading
Temperate Plant House Conversion
We saw so much more potential for this former derelict hot-tub house to become a temperate plant house. We chose to create a heat sink system which should increase the ambient temperature inside the building by atContinue reading
Composting
We began by building simple compost bins of recycled pallets and stakes. The type and quantity of ingredients in compost matters. This will aid proper thermal decomposition, and an almost homogeneous product could be readyContinue reading
Automatic leaky hose irrigation system
We designed an irrigation system to; reduce the volume of water lost to evaporation, and to reduce the amount of human hours spent watering during these increasingly dry summers. Slope, water pressure, water filtering andContinue reading
Weedon Cooperative Growers
Established in 2010, ‘Weedon Cooperative Growers’ is a fantastic working example of a local growing cooperative. Every year the shareholders are confirmed and reshuffled. This year 6 families are involved, they equally share the work,Continue reading