Stories & Posts

I love working in the shop. I love all the different people that come in, and all that their differences teach me. All their various wisdoms. There are the people who have found a whole philosophy to eat by in...

It’s getting to that point in the season where even a biting frost & the chilliest morning brings only joy as long as there’s an arch of blue sky overhead & the prospect of a sunny day… Ready for spring...

Wwoofing, at first, sounds a bit like the noise a dog makes. The practice, which is an acronym for “worldwide workers on organic farms” or “willing workers on organic farms,” is actually a global, cooperative system that connects organic, permacultural...

I am always chatting to the garden when I’m there …. Where should I plant this? How far apart? What does the soil need here? Just simple questions and conversations generally and I listen for the answers. It may sound...

Only things with a brain and central nervous system are capable of feeling I have been told recently by someone with whom I was discussing choices in how we eat. Now I don’t cook animals and nor have I for...

I must say that despite the cold, I love the winter, not as much as Autumn and Spring mind, but a heavy frost at sunrise is awe inspiring isn’t it? Especially when you encased in thermals and a puffer vest!...

June 21, 2011 by Graham Having chickens for livestock is a great way to get eggs, meat and, as we explored last time, when discussing a chicken tractor, their other outputs, like their nitrogen-rich manure can make great fertilizer. Getting...