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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
!! EXCELLENT FOOD GROWING OPPORTUNITY IN THE HIGHLANDS !!
Monday, July 15, 2024
Monday, May 27, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
PRACTICAL SKILLS - COURSES SPRING 24
I've been developing a range of courses over the last few years to show people the practical skills that are really helpful whether you want to live more sustainably, be more self-sufficient, grow some food or just generally want to live life with a closer connection to the natural world. I pack a lot into these courses and make them light-hearted and fun too :-) They're all at great venues where you can see many different aspects of sustainable living in action. Coming up soon:
at Cottage Three, Bridge of Earn, Saturday 11th May, 10.30am to 2.30pm
at Inverquiech Farm, Sunday 12th May, 10.30am to 2.30pm
GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS at Perth Community Farm, Sunday 19th May, 10.30am - 2.00pm
FULL COLLECTION HERE
We pack in as much practical stuff as we can... |
Monday, February 12, 2024
GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS AT PERTH COMMUNITY FARM - March and April 2024
Charlotte Arno and I are putting on two gardening courses at Perth Community Farm - they really are for complete beginners! We'll go over everything you need to know to get started on your gardening adventure, growing healthy tasty food, reducing food miles and waste, and opening up a little window into the wonderful workings of Nature on your back door step.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
MORE WOODINESS AT INVERQUIECH
FINALLY!.... after all the recent rain and flooding, and having to cancel one day and postpone another, we were able to put on a couple of brilliant woodworking courses at Inverquiech - a Basic Level One and a Woodcarving and Shaping course.
Inverqueich is a great venue for our sustainable living events as people can see how all the stuff they learn fits into the bigger practical picture of living more lightly on our dear old planet home.
A simple frame - but with nicely square-cut corners - great work for more or less beginners |
Friday, October 13, 2023
AN AMAZING SMALL HOLDING PROJECT NEAR BRIDGE OF EARN
Here's a few photos I took at Chrissie's brilliant sustainable living/permaculture project the other day, a small holding near Bridge of Earn. (By the way, Chrissie is another woodworking student friend of mine). If ever there was an amazing demonstration of what's possible with a bit of observation and insight, lots of passion and energy, and access to land, this is it. The photos don't do Chrissie's work justice at all but I hope they'll give you a flavour of the place.
Polytunnel, orchard/forest garden and tiny house in the background |
ACCESS TO LAND
YOU DON'T NECCESSARILY NEED TO OWN IT
Chrissie rents her small holding from a larger estate, they have a really good working relationship. In fact, she has been making such a great job of the area she currently manages that the estate are giving her the use of part of another field. Ruth and I have lived on two different projects in a work-in-lieu-of-rent arrangement with the farmers in both cases, more about all that here: THE LOG CABAVAN WAY
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Charlotte Arno and I are putting on two gardening courses at Perth Community Farm - they really are for complete beginners! We'll go ove...
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I've been developing a range of courses over the last few years to show people the practical skills that are really helpful whether you ...
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FINALLY! .... after all the recent rain and flooding, and having to cancel one day and postpone another, we were able to put on a couple of ...