The Baobab Seed
One hell of a long journey across two continents finally arrived yesterday - a baobab sculpture created for Afrikaburn outside Cape Town in April 2017, arrived in deepest East Sussex. Created by a friend it was the centrepiece of a large installation called Yggdrasil which burnt at sunrise on the final morning of the festival. [...]
Woodland – Before and after
So we started clearing the woodland at the start of the year which had been overgrowing for what must have been left for over 40 years. Our plan was not to clear the wood but simply remove the flotsam & jetsam that doesn't stand a chance, to open up views, and finally to remove all [...]
Project Greenhouse
Project Greenhouse completed in a few weeks by our loyal team of builders. You can view high definition versions of all the files on this Google Photos Album.
Project Patio Completion Approaching
It's taken some time but we completed the final bit of ground works last week and just have the turf to be lain & two beds planted and we can call it a wrap. Project Patio is approaching completion It would be correct to say that there was a slight fall at the end of the [...]
Dam Plunge Pool Launched
Still a chunk of work to come installing the hydro but we are happy to report we are dam near completion on phase one. These photos show the later stages of the aquaduct and the dam up and running to the storage tank which has been cleaned and has a plug system for emptying that [...]
One Big Table
So the plan for a table for the patio was put to a friend who makes wood stuff "We are thinking of putting a load of more substantial wooden things – a table big enough for twelve comfortably larger than anything you can buy retail – similar in girth and strength to the plank of [...]
Project Patio
There had always been an idea that outdoor space was good, and from this came the genesis of Project Patio. Started in 2015 and enjoyed from 2016+ September 2015 - Week Ten Week Twelve Weak in the presence of beauty - February 2016 A cold week in March 2016 Finally getting some slabs down for [...]
Found something in the garden
Not sure what it is yet but digging about this afternoon revealed a brick structure - always worth having a little dig on a Sunday afternoon methinks. On the lawn outside the kitchen veranda type thing - there may be more buried away but looks like drainage/cellar/burial chamber/water tank??????? Ideas on a postcard entitled "Found [...]
Project Gate Refurb
Just after we moved in we found an old, iron gate rusting away within a dense laurel hedge. Once extracted they were sandblasted and then restored by a black smith down the road. Finally we set them in place with some large wooden posts last week.
