Category: Land

On a cold day in March Stuart Burges, from Time and Tide Museum, rocked up with some stalwart home educated families to study the archeology of the field. I had no idea what adventures would come my way, owning a field, and this was one such. Stuart came through Felicity, aka the Crusader, who's son… Continue reading Lost and found – field archeology

Thanks to Cheryl and the detectorists, here is a catalogue of what people found on one days dig across the land adjacent to Holton Pits. So much evidence of Roman, through to Tudor. Unsurprisingly a few WWW2 tags were found, identified immediately, and where possible returned to their American family. There were plenty of hammered… Continue reading The Holton Heritage

Our second Warm Room Thursday, found us planting the last of the hedge, after finding the bare root saplings I'd forgotten I'd healed into the field. Only the oaks had been nibbled, a lesson to learn. Sam, who was once locked down in the wood and is now an activist for Stop Oil, joined us… Continue reading Planting more hedge

The historic first planting on the land. A hedge of hawthorn, maple, hazel, wild cherry, and hornbeam . Totally unexpected as it was a Warm Room day in the cabin - but all who turned up fancied planting a hedge. Chris rocked up - he thought he'd surprise me and he did. (He almost didn't… Continue reading Jan – First Planting of a hedge

Set out with Lisa (this is the only way I get to talk to you, she said) to collect these gifts from Suffolk Tree Wardens, the beginning of the hedge for the land. Hawthorn, Hornbeam, Hazel and a few standard oaks and maple, along with stakes,whips, guards, all – what joy. David Appleton there (with… Continue reading Gifts from Suffolk Tree Wardens

Reading the historic Land Registry and Rights documents that come with the sale of the land, I find various elements of interest One was the past owner was someone called Simon Tobin and Zuhal Tobin. I assumed they were brothers, but it turns out husband and wife. Here's the search. Tobin, a founder and active… Continue reading Land – provenance

With a cold east wind and no rain, dried cracking earth, I walk the land. What the fuck am I doing, I know nothing about land, why didn't I make a spare bedroom? is a thought, then land, ancient, primal, nature, wait until it teaches you, comes next. Yesterday I walked the land and examined… Continue reading Land and weeds