Lyra joins in the drumming
Something we really want to do here at the farm is connect people – to each other and to the land. I love drumming, so we were really pleased to welcome Marcella Gilliland here today, with Julia Cross and Vanessa from Sunflower Festival, to have a look around, and sit out around the firepit for some impromptu drumming. Once our tipi goes back up in April and the ground dries out in the woodlands, we hope to be able to organise some regular sessions here. If you are interested, please let us know and we will keep you posted with dates and events.
Hi,
Just read your post on firewood. You might like to look into using holzhosen to dry wood outdoors. Essentially you build a roundhouse out of your split logs. Backwoods Home Magazine has an article on it available free online. I’ve been using them for several years now and they work great even in damp old Wales.
Love the new format blog btw, thought you’d given up.
Best regards
Ro
Brilliant, cheers. Just had a look and found the article here – http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/fluckiger132.html
Will give it a go, as I’m in the middle of cutting and splitting a few more tonne of ash and sycamore.
Thanks for the tip
Steve
Just a thought on drying. When I cut the wood I select a few pieces and weigh them writing the weihht on in marker pen. Then as the season progresses I weigh them again , again marking the weight. When the weight ceases to drop or slows to a crawl that’s when I move them to the wood shed. I usually put one piece at each point ot the compass in the holzhausen that way I can see the effect of the prevailing wind and rain.
A bit anal I know but it works a treat.
Two tips though. Firstly put a big X on the end of the ones you weigh. Its funny how they all look the same after a few months! Secondly if you weigh them with your wife’s kitchen scales make sure a, she doesn’t catch you and b, that you actually clean them before you put them back. I didn’t lol 🙂