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A little bit from the mill... We had to back-burner it a little after the critical repairs were done, and while we were focusing on the house, but there has been a little movement. The upstairs floor has now been reinstated giving us vital storage area not only for things that are currently crammed into the caravan, but also for mountains of crap that will survive the purge when we move house. The preparations for that are currently underway and my next post will be about the

... and watching it dry... You voted, and we listened... here's the first small batch of the Red Ochre you asked for! But let me back up... Now that we are in the "painting and decorating" phase of the house refurbishment, it's only fair that we talk about paint. You may have seen from photos that we've limewashed the internal walls (and the exterior of the mill). Limewash is essentially lime and water and it's a very traditional finish for stonework, internally and externall

Are you ready to hear our sob story? Typo intended... It has been nearly three years since the inception of this little project. Back in 2023 when we were putting the wetland in place, we asked the digger man to make a little rectangular dip in the ground for our foundation (in hindsight it ended up a little too deep). Then nothing happened for almost a year. It was our intention to hold a cob workshop at the first SPAB party but as no teacher was found at the time, this idea

It's been an incredibly busy few weeks and our site is undergoing some significant changes. We have been able to move along with the...