Work is progressing nicely on the Textiles Room – we have started to try to zone the different textile areas. We have a sewing and overlocking zone, a knitting zone, a weaving zone and a spinning and fleece preparation zone. We are working hard to build up our library of textile books for our reference…
In February we took delivery of our long awaited embroidery machine. We are in the process of setting up some maker sessions and training courses which will cover all aspects of machine embroidery. Embroidery machines can be used for many things including appliqué, quilting, lace making and embroidered apparel. Download QR
Simon has been working on some MDF Silhouettes to decorate the textiles room. Designed using Lightburn and then cut out using the C02 laser. I then took the Silhouettes and used black acrylic paint and an airbrush to spray them before fixing them to the wall. Download QR
2017 Garden walls completed, driveway tarmacked and our gates fitted. This left us to focus on planting up our front garden and courtyard with a limited budget. We decided to try to grow as much of our garden as possible. So we could focus the budget on greenhouses, aeroponics, polytunnels, seeds, bulbs, seed tents and…
This is a no glue plywood bird house made from 1 600x400mm sheets of 3mm plywood , it is ready to be painted or varnished . Download QR
Aeroponics Pyracantha Progress – 2020 Two and a half years after the cuttings were taken and propagated. We used Aeroponics and the Pyracantha bushes continue spreading well in our front border. You can see move about this as part of our Aeroponics series Pyracantha 2017. They provide good ground coverage and growing tall against the…
For about three years I have been working on what I can grow with cut flowers in mind. Each winter I browse through the seed catalogues looking for flowers that might lend themselves to cutting. The grow tent was purchased last year in part to extend the cut flower growing season. I started it off…
Our new C02 laser was delivered at the end of May 2020. For two years Simon has been mastering the art of 3D Printing and this seemed like a natural progression. We have got up to speed on the software we will use, and researched what materials will work and what won’t and planned some…
Propagator Tent – October 2019 At the beginning of October 2019 we purchased a Propagator Tent to help extend the growing season and help us better utilise the greenhouse and polytunnel. We use it to start our seeds off and it is also somewhere to nurse cuttings when they come out of our X-Stream Aeroponic…
The girls are currently providing us with a daily supply of duck eggs. They have access to free range getting up at about 7:15am and choosing to put themselves to bed usually between about 6:30pm and 8pm. This usually depends on how many adventures they have been on that day and how tired they are….