Weekly Newsletters
Sat, 15 Feb 25, (7d 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 (7d ago)
Sat, 08 Feb 25, (14d 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 (14d ago)
Sat, 01 Feb 25, (21d 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 (21d ago)
Sat, 25 Jan 25, (28d 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 (28d ago)
Sat, 18 Jan 25, (1m 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 (1m ago)
Sat, 11 Jan 25, (1m 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 (1m ago)
Sat, 04 Jan 25, (1m 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 (1m ago)
Sat, 28 Dec 24, (1m 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 (1m ago)
Sat, 21 Dec 24, (2m 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 (2m ago)
Sat, 14 Dec 24, (2m 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 (2m ago)
Sat, 07 Dec 24, (2m 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 (2m ago)
Sat, 02 Nov 24, (3m 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 (3m ago)
Sat, 26 Oct 24, (3m 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 (3m ago)
Sat, 19 Oct 24, (4m ago)
Pivoting Plans and Making Progress
I’m off to my field this morning, I should hurry up and get there. Will do some more bean planting, not hugely excited about the effort required, but keen to try my new twister tool, which has now arrived. Let’s see how it goes…
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Sat 19 Oct (4m ago)
Sat, 12 Oct 24, (4m ago)
Jigsaws and Broad Beans
This week I have been making up for my woodworking stall the past few weeks and have gone full steam. It started with dovetail and box joint practice.
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Sat 12 Oct (4m ago)
Sat, 05 Oct 24, (4m ago)
Food Forest Planning and Oddbits
I’ve spent the week mocking out the layout, starting with around 30 trees. I have a master spreadsheet now, which I’ve made a grid out of. Each square / cell represents one square metre.
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Sat 05 Oct (4m ago)
Sat, 28 Sep 24, (4m ago)
Knitting Power and Paper Mache Trials
The week started with me hurting my back. Not exactly sure how it happened, I just woke up one morning with so much pain that I could barely move or walk around.
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Sat 28 Sep (4m ago)
Sat, 21 Sep 24, (5m ago)
Woodworking Breakthroughs and Magic Wands
This was a proper week of woodworking. The wood arrived last week Friday, and I got started on it the next day. I started sawing the massive sheets (2.4m x 1.2m) of plywood in garden. I have a handsaw and it was heavy going…
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Sat 21 Sep (5m ago)
Sat, 14 Sep 24, (5m ago)
September Setup
This week I officially finished my new blog. All the functionality is done finally! There is always tweaks and improvements, but am happy with the current state and testing is done so am happy to realise it.
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Sat 14 Sep (5m ago)
Sat, 07 Sep 24, (5m ago)
Canned Passata and Woodworking Set Up
Finally made it back HOME on Monday afternoon. I finished the third ball of wool on the Rikke jumper on the plane. I want to start making jumper tags for the back of the neck to write down the pattern and wool used written on it, potentially add it to old
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Sat 07 Sep (5m ago)
