Shelter and space

cabin ˈkabɪn / noun 1.a private room or compartment on a ship. "she lay in her cabin on a steamer"   synonyms: berth, stateroom, compartment, room, deckhouse, sleeping quarters; More compartment, passenger area, passenger accommodation cab, compartment the area for passengers in an aircraft. "animals are not allowed in the cabin of the aircraft" 2.a small wooden shelter or house in a … Continue reading Shelter and space

Pretty polycultures

Herbs and wildflowers establishing on our hugel mounds. Species here include white clover, borage, milk thistle, cut leaf cranesbill, yarrow, purple dead nettle, daisy, cleavers. Great mullein, marigold, purple dead nettle, blue and white borage, sow thistle.

The big tidy up

Glorious weather and a great turn out of volunteers helping to tidy and sort the site, plant out ramsons (wild garlic) strawberries, thresh and winnow the rye grown last year and a bit of weeding out of grasses. Fruit trees blossoming, bumblebees buzzing and all the loveliness of spring to be enjoyed. We also started … Continue reading The big tidy up

Biospheres, aquaspheres, forests and food

As part of the Land Centre network (http://www.permaculture.org.uk/land), we've just been up north to Manchester and Salford to see some amazing projects, meet up with other Land Centre people, share juicy knowledge of permaculture and think about the International Permaculture convergence which will be happening in London in September 2015. One of the places we … Continue reading Biospheres, aquaspheres, forests and food

Forest gardeners

New layers added to our forest garden. We planted blueberries, ground cover raspberries, rhubarb, tree onions,  medlar, cherry plum, seaberry (buckthorn), Siberian pea tree, robinia, and bamboo. New wild flowers included woodruff, hedge woundwort, great mullein and musk mallow We transplanted our gojiberries, plum, new zealand flax and some more blueberries. A very fruitful day and will … Continue reading Forest gardeners