Category archives: land
house update
the house is gradually coming on – we’re now plasterboarding and putting in wiring. still hopeful it’ll be finished in the summer – september? we’ve also been busy planting trees, blackcurrant bushes and sorting out drainage around the place. ben… continue reading »
stunning weather
the house building is going great – helped in no small part by the fantastic weather we’re having. we’ve just eaten lunch outside in the sun in t-shirts. i dropped some timber off at the site this morning and as… continue reading »
we’re building a house!
i’ve finally got round to putting up some photos of our house building. it’s going really well and is great fun. juggling it with college work is a bit too much though… but we’re surviving. the photos have captions which… continue reading »
spring special
Yesterday I went up to Coolcaha and planted all the remaining trees for this year. I started our ‘nuttery’ and put in walnuts, a heart-nut, cob nuts and sweet chestnuts. thanks to Rob and Emma, Graham and Paul and Jacinta… continue reading »
the men who planted trees
we’ve just finished tree planting at coolcaha. put in about 800 birch and 500 alder. also a stand of about 60 ash (thanks Graham). coppiced some hazel. cleared lots of bramble and gorse (that’s what really took the time –… continue reading »