Woodland work planned January with George Watts/Paul Jackson and other supporting people. Estimate 5 days work to fell the trees and further to process them on a mobile bansaw, prefereably to a cutting list. About 16 oaks are seriously affected, all with Acute Oak Decline (AOD) The purpose is a. to make safe the site… Continue reading Oak tree project winter 2025
Category: 2024
Tree Give Away
December 2024, Halesworth Town Council gave away trees. Yes, FREE TREES. Sourced and bundled by Lisa Simmonds from the Suffolk Tree Warden Network who grow their own (from local seeds) and also source from the Woodland Trust, the selection included trees and hedgeplants suitable for clay soil, which is the dominant soil type over our… Continue reading Tree Give Away
Black Poplar Planting
Four black poplar planted by Kinda Forest School wednesday tribe, December 3rd 2024, photos and description here. https://kindaforestschool.com/2024/12/05/kinda-planting-native-black-poplar-on-the-land/ Location map What3Words Favourites///chips.shelving.soggyBlack poplar 1Favourites///blacken.spinning.dwarvesBlack poplar 1 32fFavourites///tenses.smirks.riverbedBlack poplar 2 28mFavourites///vets.venturing.logicBlack poplar 2 x
Moss forest Brittany
Huelgoat in Brittany is a secluded village, nestled in the Monts d'Arrée, that is home to the magical Forêt d'Huelgoat
Circle, first planting
The idea of silver birch and yew came from Sheffield. I saw it at Clumber Park a place randomly found on my way to stay with Richard, February this year. Silver birch - or Rockstar as Paul calls them - as pioneers to mark the circle, with Yew, growing far more slowly to take over,… Continue reading Circle, first planting
Samhain with Kaaren
How fine it is to be invited to remember our ancestors, my mother, Barbara Josephine Wright, who urged me to eat vegetables and loved me, a father I never knew, my Uncle John so generous and steady, Sugata and Bob, who both challenged me in similar and different ways and left an uneasy silence, John… Continue reading Samhain with Kaaren
Land last grass cut
David King came with his little red chariot and did the last grass cut along the rides. He was right, he did it faster and more effectively than I could. And I? I spent a glorious day in the wood, preparing the cabin for Serena, talking, cooking and helping Chris who came and cut up… Continue reading Land last grass cut
Elders project with clay from the land
One of our best Elders projects, unusual in that we commissioned Tamlin to come for 6 weeks, to walk us through the process of finding clay from the land, making and finally firing. Here's the movie
Samhain in Kaliwoods with Elders
A glorious October day, warm enough to be without a coat, the leaves turning golden and raining down on the earth and pond, saluting the cabin. Up on the string above the pond, a photograph of Graham, the ancestor of the cabin. The beginning of the day. I read in my log last year, that… Continue reading Samhain in Kaliwoods with Elders
Thrandeston Wood
We walked across the land from Brian's house, Field Cottage, on a glorious October day, to Steve's wood. Down what was once a boundary lane, through a practical lean to, into the wood. The 2 acres seemed so much larger, and remarkably diverse. Planted in 1987, the year of the storm, it is therefore the… Continue reading Thrandeston Wood
