Why a Forest Garden
A Garden of Eden… I like to feel the very first ever garden, “The Garden of Eden” was a food forest. The bible says of Eden “He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit.” I always picture it as layers of trees, shrubs and vegetation permanently growing and producing food for […]
A Visit To Furleigh Estate Vineyard
We were thrilled to receive an invite from Furleigh Estate to have a tour and wine tasting. As the best vineyard in the country – and just 6 miles from us – this was an invite we could not refuse. The weather was on our side – a warm spring day – when we met […]
Helping to Reduce Your Holiday Footprint!
We are super chuffed to announce that we have increased our solar system, calculated to make us energy neutral or, to be more precise, a net energy provider! Not only has this meant a 200% increase in our solar array but – with the addition of battery backup – we can store energy in the […]
Swallows
Each spring we look forward to the arrival of our swallows. They bring an energy with them. They swoop into the barn as though they have not been away and then swoop out again, proceeding to fill the sky with their acrobatics and chattering talk. It is hard to imagine they have just travelled over […]