Elders homework: If you had 17 acres of land, how would you plan it? Design Brief (worked out with Will Feb 2023) Woodland - to connect up the wildlife corridor of Kaliwood, Holton Hall Park, via the Pits to the Blyth valley. Encourage natural regeneration from existing wood typically Oak, Maple, Hornbeam, Hazel, Hawthorn.Woodland part… Continue reading Land Brief and Map
Category: 2024
Lopham fen
After so much rain, after rivers in roads to drive through, after wading through Thransden cross roads get to Brian, the sun came out the rain stopped and we walked at Lopham fen and saw the source of the Waveney and Ouse rivers.
Friends of Kaliwood
We met for the first time this year, wading through the mud to the cabin. Here we had our work prepared. First was stripping the hazel whips which would be woven around the pond, to repair the fence originally made by John Esling, and definitely in need of repair. Chris and Clare made some replacement… Continue reading Friends of Kaliwood
Coppice 2024
Type 1 with Goz
Goz greets me in the morning: It's amazing how you get used to no internet and how much more alive I feel. His mate arrived and did swift work with type 1 in the wood, then clearing the hard standing of Theo's remainder debris. It almost snowed. Without gloves, hands froze.
Wenhaston walk to newly planted field
With Christina and Lisa, we walked from the Star across the health to the newly planted field of Michael Gower, called the Norfolk. Wonderful ponds, rich in light and wildlife. Great oaks, often pollarded along the way. Photos of Vicarage Wood signs for Holton Pits ideas.
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024
Of course I think of Martin Wolfe. It was Martin who first showed me there was an alternative and successful way of working and being on the land. I remember this shifting moment, standing in one of his alleys. Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024 was attended from my kitchen table, on line with the pleasure… Continue reading Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024
