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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

So we just spent all of Saturday pulling flax. It was only a small field, 10 x 10m I reckon. Flax has to be pulled by hand, roots and all. I didn’t think it would take as long as it did although I was prepared for it, knowing everything seems to take longer than I anticipate… We were pretty shattered by the end of it and my knuckles are still pretty sore today, Monday... For a couple of days, my body was in that stiff state that comes after one has spent a day doing something

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

Just wrapping up on the season's vegetation clearance. Over the course of February we did a little more ivy clearance in the kiln. There...

We're back! Our funding application is in now, so all we have to do is wait. And wait... and wait some more. But in the meantime and...