This summer has been very odd. Sometimes far too hot, but only following a damp winter. The grass hasn’t grown, the sheep are struggling to find enough to graze and the fruit trees are going mad, especially the apples. Even blackberries are early on the hedges, which may lead to a hungry winter for many…

I like handmade things. They may be imperfect, they may be a bit rough around the edges, but they have been made with care, attention and skill. They are probably more repairable, more durable and certainly will develop a lot more character than a mass produced, machine made, souless object that has travelled thousands of…

Coppicing is the practice of cutting certain trees, to allow them to regrow, so that you can harvest and use the wood from the same tree again and again. Typically, one coppices Hazel and chestnut, but even Ash and Oak can be coppiced successfully, on longer timescales. And, it has been around since pre recorded…

We have been laying hedges for thousands of years, to keep livestock in, unwanted grazers out, to act as barriers and boundaries. Hedges were traditionally kept in check by the farm labourers in the quieter seasons of autumn and winter, when they would repair holes, patch up the weak areas and trim them to shape…

The click – drop nature of our current society, with the related lack of connection that it brings has lead to a change in our relationship with the every day objects we use. If you can simply pick something off a shelf, or have it delivered to your door within 24 hours, one generally has…