We are very pleased to welcome Ed Burnett back to the farm on 22 September to run a day of basket making. Many of those who came to Ed’s course in May wanted to come back and do more and several others couldn’t make that day, so here’s another chance. If you’ve never done anything […]
Monthly archives for August, 2013
Learn to carve a spoon
Martin Hazell will be back with us on Saturday 14 September, this time to pass on some of his amazing skills in carving wooden spoons. Spoon carving is one of the easiest ways to dabble in green woodworking – it requires few specialist tools and no workshop; you can do it pretty much anywhere and there are […]
Busy times for Jane
Jane was at the Forest Centre in Marston Moretaine again today and it was another busy one – a minibeast safari. She went out this morning fretting about the weather – apparently sweep nets don’t do a very good job of catching bugs in long, wet grass, and bashing trees that are dripping with rain yield […]