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Unfortunately this is a post about our solar aspirations... Before we put the wind and hydro to work, I thought it would be a good idea to get in some “quick solar” to run the place, so I’ve been doing some research. I know I left this waaaay too late. I didn’t even start looking at this until the plant room was nearly finished. The thought of getting stuck into something that is a fast-evolving field too early felt a little futile and the sheer vastness of sources, products

... 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

Oh look! The yearly post!!! Sorry about the hiatus... We’ve been so busy with the refurbishment of our cottage and generally adulting at last, that I simply didn't have the time to post, put videos together or any of the stuff that I had originally resolved to do religiously. We dropped just about everything, including gardening, my original pastime while we were waiting for solicitors during the conveyancing era... the geodesic dome "gone with the wind" (storm Darragh follow