Building a cob oven - part 1
The cob oven was one of our earliest projects. What can beat wood-fired pizza?!
Search
- 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...
- Aug 16, 2020
Worm composting
How we built our wormery using an old IBC.
- 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...
- Sep 16, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sep 3, 2017
Small is beautiful
For about eighteen months we've been searching for a smallholding property to buy. Somewhere with two or three acres, a nice house, not...