After one of the named storms lifted the legs of the crub out of the earth we decided to move it to safer ground in the forest garden site.

As part of the Scotland wide farmer led cluster project that aims to share knowledge and experience of regenerative farming through local networks, we had Kilfinan Community Forest crofters visit for a bit of fruit tree grafting and crack about tending ex sitka landscapes, stumps, growing food and trees and […]

We enjoyed a learning exchange from the ACT team in March. It was fun creating an updated watercolour map of the croft to share.

photo by Arlo on the north east part of the croft we’ve got around 100 sitka regen around 7 years old. on that thin strip they’re about the only thing providing any structure to the place – besides an understory of thigh high reeds, knee deep deer grass ruts, calf […]

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 […]