Faber Forest Timeline

It's been two months since my last update and the main thing that's happened is the hedge plants have been delivered and gone in the ground. I was away for a few weeks, so some things were on hold and I had to delay the hedge delivery to give myself time

Since my last update I've been able to do quite a few visits and making a lot of progress. I built the trolley, which I can move stuff around in, hoping that it'll come in useful. Pretty easy to build, and I take off one wheel and put it into the locked s

Busy day, I successfully got my new large storage bin into the car and to the field. I set it up there, and it works perfectly. Super cool. I mapped the wastewater pipeline, which runs under the field, so I know not to plant trees there. I’ll go back on F

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…

Mid-week this week I went to visit my land, I probably need to be going twice a week right now. I bought a pickaxe (actually mattock) and 10kg of broad beans to plant as a cover crop. I went to try out the process; I had no idea if my mattock planting ide

This week I’ve been prioritising my land, my food forest; pending an official name. Now I’ve completed on it, it’s officially mine, about 3.5 acres of land. Estimated size is 40m by 200m…

Here I will be documenting the journey from converting a field into a forest. In the summer of 2024, I purchase 3.5 acres of land in Kent, England. I