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    Building a cob oven - part 3
    • Apr 20

    Building a cob oven - part 3

    In our final instalment we finish the oven and get cooking!
    Building a cob oven - part 2
    • Mar 15

    Building a cob oven - part 2

    Mixing the cob and building the oven walls.
    Building a cob oven - part 1
    • Mar 13

    Building a cob oven - part 1

    The cob oven was one of our earliest projects. What can beat wood-fired pizza?!
    Slow food
    • Mar 15, 2021

    Slow food

    Glastonbury CND Festival 1987. Elvis Costello and Van Morrison were headlining. And in the Green Field, there was a display about...
    Life in the slow lane
    • Feb 9, 2021

    Life in the slow lane

    Pre-pandemic, we were working most of the time in London which left us only the weekends to manage our little set up. Now we are...
    Worm composting
    • Aug 16, 2020

    Worm composting

    How we built our wormery using an old IBC.
    Beekeepers Oh Na Na Na dance challenge!
    • May 24, 2020

    Beekeepers Oh Na Na Na dance challenge!

    Natural Progress HQ go all TikToky...
    Splitting our hive - part 4
    • May 20, 2020

    Splitting our hive - part 4

    The final part of our mini-series coincides with peak swarm season - and we find out whether our new queen is laying...
    Splitting our hive - part 3
    • May 6, 2020

    Splitting our hive - part 3

    It all goes horribly wrong - but not for the reasons we were expecting!
    Splitting our hive - part 2
    • Apr 30, 2020

    Splitting our hive - part 2

    Two weeks after the split, it's time to see to check up and see if we've got a new queen...
    Splitting our hive - part 1
    • Apr 19, 2020

    Splitting our hive - part 1

    With just a single colony, we were desperate to get some more bees. So we decided to split our hive into two...
    Preparing for chickens
    • Jan 13, 2019

    Preparing for chickens

    Chickens are great company when you're pottering outside. They are a fantastic way for children to appreciate the natural cycle. They...
    Chicken, the food
    • Sep 15, 2018

    Chicken, the food

    Talking anthropomorphic animals are ever-present in so much of children's media. They play a big part in creating the...
    The enemy at the gates
    • Jul 16, 2018

    The enemy at the gates

    My father was the one who had kept chickens. There's a story about how he got started but this isn't it. Instead this is about how we...
    Look no hands! Feeding fish on holiday*
    • Apr 14, 2018

    Look no hands! Feeding fish on holiday*

    *No, not when the fish are on holiday. When we are. Fish keeping best practice is apparently to feed by hand as it provides a routine to...
    It's March already...
    • Mar 19, 2018

    It's March already...

    Having chickens running around, laying fresh eggs... (nearly all the girls are laying!), fish swimming in the aquaponics greenhouse...
    Slugicide: does it matter how you kill slugs?
    • Mar 17, 2018

    Slugicide: does it matter how you kill slugs?

    After the initial success of the beer traps, the suicide rate plummeted. Despite being English, these slugs don’t love their beer enough...
    Slug Wars
    • Feb 6, 2018

    Slug Wars

    I recall the fun of digging the greenhouse to home the sump tank. I recall the excitement of seeing the aquaponic grow beds glistening in...
    The pecking order
    • Jan 11, 2018

    The pecking order

    My father loved keeping chickens and for several years we watched them run around and enjoy his company. Sadly my father passed away last...
    The good life?
    • Sep 4, 2017

    The good life?

    We haven't quite worked out the meaning to life, the universe and everything - but we know the answer is 42 and that chickens are in...
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