I got persuaded to take part in a tree pruning course in the community wood last Sunday. It was chilly and threatening to rain, so I could have happily stayed home, but out I went. I’m glad I did. The course tutor, Dr Anna Baldwin, had a great teaching manner; enthusiastic, knowledgeable, took questions asContinue reading “Tree pruning… part 1 of 100”
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Floored
Our living room floor was a mess when we moved in. It’s a project that’s been waiting its time behind all the others – the leaky roof, the flaky render, the bowed studding, the drunken sailor of a fenceline, the complete lack of flues and chimney pots in the chimneys and the windows that wereContinue reading “Floored”
About wood and water
I had the chance to attend a woodland workshop last week, learning how to light bonfires and whittle spoons. It was fun, taking a small axe to a chunk of birch branch to take off the largest excess parts, then taking a small whittling knife to the wood to carve a more delicate outline, andContinue reading “About wood and water”
With a Little Help…
As I write this, the wood in the photo above is sitting in the 2020 bay of our new woodshed. We got started on stacking the wood this weekend, with a little help from our friends, and finished stacking all of our cut wood this afternoon. It’s surprising, seeing how much wood we’ve cut overContinue reading “With a Little Help…”
Julia Chalkley 