A riot of colour
This is Robbie, our magnificent Welsummer rooster – isn’t he an amazing colour? At this time of year there is so much to look at you hardly know where to begin. Poppies are everywhere, and more are coming – and just in...
Painting with clay
As you can see, the new room is coming on now, and we are on the final layers of clay paint, having gone through progressively finer mixes until we are now using just clay, fine sand, wheat paste, and occasionally some colouring – in this case tumeric....
Welcome to new visitors
Welcome – there are many new folk visiting the site this last couple of days so we thought we would say hello, and explain briefly what we are doing here at Lackan Cottage Farm. In essence, we’re attempting to use the best of new and old technology and...
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
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...
Green woodworking at Lackan
Introduction to Green Woodworking at Lackan Cottage Farm from Lackan Cottage Farm on Vimeo. This weekend saw our latest ‘Introduction to Green Woodworking’ course with Steve Ryan. Blessed with wonderful weather, our participants made a range of items on...
Getting plastered
After two weeks of hard graft, our latest wwoofers, Brodie and Molly are on their way, but what a difference they’ve made. We promised them building work, and our first task was fitting out battens and wood-wool board in the little cottage. Then they moved on...
Three years of memories
This week we have been here for three years. It might have been a lifetime. Or yesterday, I can’t tell which. Looking around it is sometimes hard to remember all the things that have happened here already. How many people have come and shared their lives with...
New insulation for old walls
When it came to refitting the interior of our little cottage – number 81 – we face a different set of challenges to those we encountered here in 79. The little cottage is primarily concrete block built, and cement rendered, so it isn’t the most...
The wait is over – the electricity pole has gone
When we first saw this place three years ago, we fell in love with it instantly, but vowed that the 11 metre electricity pole sighted right behind the house would have to move. Moving it turned out to be incredibly expensive, but removing it altogether was (oddly)...