Finally, inspired by another at Kinda, a facilitator keen on astrology, we are moving the planets to the new land. With Jonathan's valuable and precise help, today we moved the earth. Using the Y's we collected from coppicing we created a strong triangle of them to hold up the earth. Here it is. At the… Continue reading The Earth moved
Category: 2026
Sunday wood work with Jonathan
The sun shone. A pleasure it was to work with Jonathan all day long. We cut back the brambles from around the pond, some near the water could be pulled, the others cut and so coppiced to return again. I found some ferns I'd planted years ago still surviving. Our reward, to begin the weaving… Continue reading Sunday wood work with Jonathan
Sweeney’s Willow
The barber of Halesworth. A plaque in the Angel where he used to drink. A willow dedicated to him. What's the story?
Melbourne email response from the Cockspur coral tree
Information about a Cockspur coral tree, Tree ID 1036978 Rachel Kellett <rachelkellett@gmail.com>Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 17:34 I love your map and data set. Are there trees with stories attached to them/. I wonder about this Cockspur coral tree? Rachel Melbourne Urban Forest <melbourneurbanforest@melbourne.vic.gov.au>Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 02:16 Hi Rachel, Thanks for your interest! We don’t always have complete information about the history of… Continue reading Melbourne email response from the Cockspur coral tree
Swan Lane Oak
Images taken 2019 Swan Lane Oak 2019 Swan Lane Oak 2019 Swan Lane Oak 2019 Swan Lane Oak 2019 Circumference and estimated age: Richard Woolnaugh photograph Swan Lane Winter 2026
Sam on the land
Sam returned, and with his dexterous digger skill, he finished the chippings on the garden, made good the entrances and exists, and filled the pot holes. And Sam read some of Alex the Astronaught to the Wednesday tribe. The digger was a great find. I put a call out on Facebook, Lucy responded, and it… Continue reading Sam on the land
Ton of hope
An artist, Ben Quail, rocked up at the wood, with his car full of a 'ton of hope'. Hundreds of oak saplings he had collected, and nurtured over some time in various containers, held by Lowestoft earth. Here is Ben's email: Dear Rachel thanks for your kind offer If you nurture them They will grow in medium… Continue reading Ton of hope
Del Thalia and the Paulownia
I could not remember who gave me this tree with huge leaves. But luckily Del and Thalia rocked up and asked me how was the tree they left in the nursary, the one with large leaves. So I took them to where we had planted it, Richard and I, earlier this year. Thalia was a… Continue reading Del Thalia and the Paulownia
Coppicing 2026
After weeks of cancelling Thursdays, ground far too wet, we got back into the wood today. Paul, Jo, Jonathan and I. With Jonathan on Quality control and processing, Paul coppicing the hazel hawthorn, Jo learning to use the electric saw, and I on general stacking as well as chai and soup provision. Historically we coppiced… Continue reading Coppicing 2026
Filming in Kaliwood – Landed in Vosges
I tried to put off the film crew. The mud was at it's worst after the wettest year. I took a video of the river of mud. It was not Pennemunde but WW2. But they came, all the same. Jack the fixer, dog player, drone operator, among so many other things. (He even diagnosed the… Continue reading Filming in Kaliwood – Landed in Vosges
