Community living
I recently heard Tobias Jones talking on the radio about Windor Hill Wood, an experiment in communal living, albeit a fairly extreme one where his family took in folk with a range of issues, with the ideal of giving them a refuge. Although our circumstances are vastly...
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...
Living with the land – Natural Building
Another excellent video from Permaculture Magazine, produced by Permaculture People and narrated by Kevin McCloud. Many, many good reasons in there why natural building is the way to go. More info here
You can make a difference
In response to a post I wrote about coping with the effects of catastrophic climate change, someone commented to the effect that ‘the climate has always warmed and cooled so we should all stop complaining, and accept that this is the natural order of...
Solar Independence Day
Today is apparently ‘Solar Independence Day’, and the good weather means that just about now an amazing 15% of the UK’s power needs are being met with solar. Of course, around here 100% of our power needs are being met with solar all the time, and...
Where did you learn to do that?
Where did you learn to do that? Is a question I get asked about all sorts of things, and the answer is always the same. “I just sort of did it”, I reply. Of course, when the person asks the question they are usually looking at a successful end result of...
Are you ready?
Despite vast amounts of evidence pointing to a very real change in our climate, and the increase of extreme weather events, it seems that people generally like not to think of any of it as being part of some sort of pattern, and instead to put these events down to...
Living with the Land
Lauren and Phil visited us briefly last year, just at the right time to impart some knowledge about cob and clay plaster mixes, when we were working on the classroom. They have produced a series of short films for Permaculture Magazine, called Living with the Land,...
The website gets a facelift
Things change quickly on the farm, so we thought it time to reflect that in our website, which has had a makeover and an update to bring the content into line with what we actually have here now. The new site works on all manner of wierd and wonderful devices,...
Permaculture weekend workshop
Courses and Events Full details of what's happening here at Lackan [eventBox id=”4″] Terms & Conditions Payment Payment must be made prior to attending a course, if you wish to place a deposit of £20 to secure a place this is acceptable, although...