got immersed in a long holy moment of being with the people who came before us while tending alder and scotspine across the burn this is the danger of being in relationship with the “deep dark woods” – it creates a frame of mind entirely opposed to coming back to […]

to joyful chorus from a flock of willow tits and the merry thwump of the pick axe, the stumps and forestry trenches transform – 5 out of the 6 stumps in this wee area crumbled. it’s a big vision but going through this human pig process shows us it’s entirely […]

been getting friendly with the electric brush cutter nine years of natures cycles breaking down stumps and brash in this wee bit of the forest garden. tending and restoring an ex sitka plantation parcel is joyous!

meet the stumps in our new veg garden! not easy to spot under all the ferns, bracken and reeds but nevertheless still there, getting on with rotting and returning nutrients to the soil. the electric brush cutter is louder than a pig, and not as cute! louder than the shears […]