Weekly Newsletters
Nov. 2, 2024
NewsletterEnd 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.
Oct. 26, 2024
NewsletterWoodchip 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
Oct. 19, 2024
NewsletterPivoting 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…
Oct. 12, 2024
NewsletterJigsaws 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.
Oct. 5, 2024
NewsletterFood 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.
Sept. 28, 2024
NewsletterKnitting 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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Latest Completed Projects
Oct. 17, 2024
ProjectScotty Sweater
Project has started well. Stockinette is knitting up relatively quick. Am on the body section now. After this the neck collar and the two sleeves. I'm holding one strand of the Gotland yarn, and one strand of alpaca silk.
Oct. 6, 2024
ProjectPractice Dovetail Box
This is a quick little project to practice dovetails before the real project of the tool cupboard. This turned out much more difficult than expected... Well, I did expect it to be difficult and given I hard it is to just saw in a straight line, a perfect
Oct. 6, 2024
ProjectDovetail Template and Guide
Two mini projects I'd like to do here. One is the dovetail template. This will help me draw out the same angles each time. I could make 3 templates; one 1:6 one 1:7 and one 1:8. The 1:7 is the angle that is used most I believe. Here is an article on how t