And then there were walls

by | Nov 19, 2011 | smallholding

Today we finally began to fill in the walls of the roundhouse with strawbale, and suddenly the building has a feeling of solidity. The fairly tight curve of the wall isn’t so easy to follow with bales, but it’s coming along nicely. Here are some of...

A trip to Edinburgh

by | Nov 19, 2011 | smallholding

This week we went on a short adventure to Edinburgh to see my sister, and couldn’t resist seeing the castle, where I pondered what this magnificent creature might be. It looks just like a horse, sitting outside the national Scottish War Memorial, but has cloven...

Cobwood is complete..

by | Nov 5, 2011 | smallholding

Some great weather today, and we managed to finish off the cordwood wall and the roof boarding. Helen and Jan did a great job of the cob and cordwood, and Wesley braved the roof, so we are all set for the final roof covering this week, and then the walls.  The wine...

Smokin….

by | Oct 16, 2011 | food, smallholding

For a day off, it has been a very industrious one. In the morning I cut another load of cordwood ready for Monday’s volunteer group to continue building the front wall of the roundhouse.A potato harvest has been long overdue, so we raided our plot and came back...

Who’d have thought

by | Sep 22, 2011 | smallholding

It is funny how chance encounters can take you down unusual routes in life. Seemingly unimportant events divert you along paths you didn’t even know existed. I can’t remember the first time I saw Simon Dale’s ‘hobbit house’ on the net,...