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One problem solved, anyway
I look at the field – the ‘works’ end of it anyway, and I just see a long list of jobs to be done, and problems to be solved: There is a lot of wood that needs shifting and cutting i… more →
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One problem solved, anyway
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Gill wrote 10 months ago: I look at the field – the ‘works’ end of it anyway, and I just see a long list of … more →
Bramble-battling
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Gill wrote 11 months ago: .. is what I was doing yesterday. They’ve taken over the five elder trees in the field, from a … more →
Load by load, first footings
Gill wrote 1 year ago: Some days, it’s actually very difficult to go out there and work, when it’s cold, windy, … more →
One - nearly - shedded shed
Gill wrote 1 year ago: We spent the day shifting much of the remains of the top shed from the field yesterday, since the bo … more →
It's a beautiful tree
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: – and actually, the more things take shape, the more I realise its importance. I think that li … more →
Shed dead
Gill wrote 1 year ago: Going.. Having unsuccessfully banged it with a hammer for half an hour, Tom went to fetch his brothe … more →
I mowed the new grass!
Gill wrote 1 year ago: Albeit in a very on-grid kind of way… That’s 100m of cabling coming from the house. It w … more →
Lessons learned, decisions made and lots still to decide
Gill wrote 1 year ago: Lesson number one: When clearing land, do not simply pull out all the top growth of a big area, then … more →
The grid in our heads
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: Working in the field yesterday, listening to the radio, I heard that our government is about to sell … more →
Into... the sheds
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: We pulled out some monster brambles yesterday – this one was nearly 30ft long! And after remov … more →
Rain stops play
Gill wrote 1 year ago: On the plus side, it fills up the water butt (which I drained the last drop from yesterday) but on t … more →
Discoveries, decisions and the climbing of a tree
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: Ah, this little tree is going to supply some years of fun, I see! We’re already planning the t … more →
Today's work
Gill wrote 1 year ago: Well, yesterday I said I’d liberate this tree: - and I did! I had some help as well… whi … more →
Land clearing: day 5
Gill wrote 1 year ago: We’re taking a day off today - it’s our home ed meeting. And the weather has turned now … more →
A bit further in..
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: We made more progress yesterday, just removing nettles. Today’s job involves brambles again I … more →
Land-clearing
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: We’ve started clearing the land now, so that we can access the sheds that we need to rebuild f … more →
Advancing carefully, sweeping up as we go
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: Question: how can we find out what the average windspeeds have been for the past 20 years? We want t … more →
Hmm. That wind. Those sheds.
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Gill wrote 1 year ago: These are our old sheds. We did think we might replace them with new straw bale sheds and live in th … more →
