Weekly Newsletters
Sat, 19 Apr 25, (14d ago)
Rain Catchers and Stick Chairs
This week I attempted round two of the tarp rain catcher, this time with a friend. I bought some taller stakes so the tarp can be held higher up. We dug it into the ground about 30cm, and piled rocks around it to secure it. I used tent pegs with string to
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Sat 19 Apr (14d ago)
Sat, 12 Apr 25, (21d ago)
Follow Your Own Path
The sun graced us again this week. For some reason, I went on a rabbit-hole-tangent that led me to recreate our calendar. Hold the eye rolls while I explain… The exact history is not super clear to me, but our Gregorian “solar” calendar was made by a Po
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Sat 12 Apr (21d ago)
Sat, 05 Apr 25, (28d ago)
Summer in Spring
What’s happened to England to make the weather this consistently good? No sign of it turning yet. Who needs a summer holiday in France or Spain with this weather? I went to my field first thing on Monday before the jet lag had time to react.
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Sat 05 Apr (28d ago)
Sat, 29 Mar 25, (1m ago)
Two Weeks Away
I’ve just got back from holidays, having had a lot of chill time, a little bit of knitting and lots of planning and thinking. My mittens are done, and I had enough spare yarn to make a headband to go with it. It’s not my best project; the second mitten is
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Sat 29 Mar (1m ago)
Sat, 15 Mar 25, (1m ago)
The Craft Life Rhythm
I spent one day on the field this week spreading out more mulch, around my garlic this time and in the hedge line. The mulch pile is now gone and I’ve spread the leftovers neatly in situ, which will become a potential car parking space. I also bought an a
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Sat 15 Mar (1m ago)
Sat, 08 Mar 25, (1m ago)
Back in Business
I was back in business this week. Sickness is gone, energy is back, and I made three visits to the field. The garlic is now about 10cm high, and the onions are sprouting. I should mulch around the garlic to protect them a bit.
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Sat 08 Mar (1m ago)
Sat, 01 Mar 25, (2m ago)
I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again
I paid the price for the “hard work in the field” two weeks ago. I’ve been ill with flu and a cough for almost two weeks, but it’s finally on its way out. I haven’t been that much progress on projects while I’ve been ill and on holiday . Next week I’ll ho
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Sat 01 Mar (2m ago)
Sat, 15 Feb 25, (2m ago)
Hard Work in the Field
Last week I had some awesome progress on the field. First I installed the stake storage; I positioned it a bit further down the field rather than next to my other storage boxes. The locals and the council are reasonably opinionated about what you put on t
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Sat 15 Feb (2m ago)
Sat, 08 Feb 25, (2m ago)
Boxes, Brambles and Bread
The storage box was finished early in the week, including a few coats of weather protection. It all came together really nicely, except the lid… Which weighed a lot on its own and I couldn’t figure out how to attach it to the box… How do you hold at least
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Sat 08 Feb (2m ago)
Sat, 01 Feb 25, (3m ago)
Woodwork Whirlwind
This week was a week of woodworking, the business of wood. Only one splinter was gotten. The timber delivery arrived on Monday afternoon, so I got started on Tuesday. I made the two smaller frames for the sides. Wednesday I didn’t manage to do much, but I
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Sat 01 Feb (3m ago)
Sat, 25 Jan 25, (3m ago)
Blog Update and Wood Fails
This week, I’ve been working a lot on the blog website; making it more mobile-friendly, updating the homepage and adding a new Projects page. I also added loads of projects I completed before the start of this blog.
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Sat 25 Jan (3m ago)
Sat, 18 Jan 25, (3m ago)
Getting Things Done
This week, I finished the second hood in beige, which turned out lovely again. The pattern is really great. The project post will be up today with the link to the free pattern I used. Have already worn it out a few times this week as the temperatures have
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Sat 18 Jan (3m ago)
Sat, 11 Jan 25, (3m ago)
Hard Work and Cold Weather
The first full week back after Christmas and New Year was a cold one. Around 0 degrees and below pretty much most of the week. I had made some progress on my new Grobbendonk jumper on the weekend, but by Monday I decided I needed to restart.
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Sat 11 Jan (3m ago)
Sat, 04 Jan 25, (3m ago)
New Year Round Up
It’s been a productive week as we roll into the new year. I planted my box of garlic, which took just a few hours, for maybe 500 heads of garlic?
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Sat 04 Jan (3m ago)
Sat, 28 Dec 24, (4m ago)
Christmas Week
This week has been relatively quiet, we had three dinners this Christmas week so a lot centered around food, as most people probably had.
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Sat 28 Dec (4m ago)
Sat, 21 Dec 24, (4m ago)
A Spot of Spinning
A week of progress has transpired as I finished planting the hedges. It took a total of 4 days, 3 hours per day to complete. I definitely felt a peaceful sense of accomplishment when it was all done on Monday.
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Sat 21 Dec (4m ago)
Sat, 14 Dec 24, (4m ago)
Digging is Life
It’s definitely winter now, this week was very gloomy, the right weather for that eerie, overcast, colourless winter scene. It can be quite enchanting in a park or outdoors, but mostly depressing in the city.
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Sat 14 Dec (4m ago)
Sat, 07 Dec 24, (4m ago)
A Cold Start in December
It has been some time since my last newsletter… a long holiday abroad is the main reason for it and while I did bring along my knitting, not much else happened in the craft avenue of my life.
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Sat 07 Dec (4m ago)
Sat, 02 Nov 24, (6m ago)
End of October Slow Week
It was a slow week last week, not too much progress. I’m taking a short break from the field for a few weeks, now there is not much prepping left to do before the hedges and trees come in.
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Sat 02 Nov (6m ago)
Sat, 26 Oct 24, (6m ago)
Woodchip Work and a Plywood Planter
Last Saturday I borrowed a palm router, which opened up the possibility of making grooves for drawers and such, so I go to work on cutting down my final large plywood board of 6mm thickness. It’s the thinnest board, and really just supposed to be used for
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Sat 26 Oct (6m ago)
