A building we will go..

A building we will go..

by | Sep 19, 2014 | buildings

Well. here it is – or the outside at least. Six weeks of frantic building activity is at an end. There’s something very satisfying to go from a pile of timber – below – to a wonderful sturdy, weathertight building. We’ve had help from all...

Materials wanted list

by | Jun 25, 2014 | buildings

We have an ongoing wishlist of materials that will be needed here on site, so if anyone has any of the following they would like to part with, then please let us know. Rapid collection assured….Email lackancottage [at] riseup.net if you can help. Timber –...
What’s it going to look like?

What’s it going to look like?

by | Jun 17, 2014 | buildings

Something we’ve been asked is ‘what exactly will this eco classroom look like? The answer, is  – something along these lines, although to a certain extent it will be determined by the materials that become available. The interior above is a similar...
Eco classroom update – week 2

Eco classroom update – week 2

by | Jun 13, 2014 | buildings

At the end of our second week, and we are within £100 of being at the two thirds stage in our bid to raise money and build an eco classroom here at the farm. In the process we’ve got to know loads of new people, and will hopefully get to meet many of them in...
Please help to crowdfund our new project

Please help to crowdfund our new project

by | May 31, 2014 | buildings

An Eco Classroom for Lackan Cottage Farm from Steven Golemboski-Byrne on Vimeo. As many of you will know, we welcome all sorts of different people to the farm, all the time. From local and international volunteers, to the GIY group, permaculture courses, and the many...
Custodians of the cottage

Custodians of the cottage

by | Jan 11, 2014 | buildings

It struck me as we work away here that our efforts are incredibly transient – part of a cycle of ebb and flow at Lackan, as occupants appear, make their mark, the place blooms, and then they age, and the place ages with them, falls into disrepair, and is ready...