An interesting diversion

An interesting diversion

The weather may have been pretty consistently awful this last while, but somehow we’ve managed to make what feels like significant progress on the various projects that are ongoing here at Lackan Cottage Farm, in between being slightly sidetracked by things like...
Fixing the floor

Fixing the floor

Usually I post about the things that have gone right, but we are on a learning curve, and things often don’t work out first time around. The floor in the new build is one such case. After much deliberating, and mainly due to budget constraints, I put in a...
Solid foundations

Solid foundations

    Two years ago we built our little stone circle at midsummer. Our home is built from the granite that it sits upon, and the stones are a connection to the mountains they look to, as well as a reflection of the place in which we live. The stones are all...
Sunday earth plastering crew

Sunday earth plastering crew

Today we were pleased to welcome old friends and new – the Freckle magazine crew of Lynn, Hannah and Mick, with Andrew and Liam. Together we earth plastered the last of the walls, and gained some mountains and geese, as well as applying some finish coat plaster...
Earth plastering day one – amazing progress

Earth plastering day one – amazing progress

Saturday was the first of our earth plastering days, and we made amazing progress – the first scratch coat nearly complete on the west wall, and this amazing tree too. Can’t wait to see how our Sunday crew get on, and fingers crossed for good...