Woodwork
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What we do Wednesday!
How to process firewood!! Well how we collect and process it!! 😂 You can find a short video here of what we do!!! Someone LOVES the chainsaw helmet!!! Especially the visor!!! 😂 And whilst the chain saw was out!! Himself chopped me up some logs to make a log circle in the littlie’s forest school…
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The first Makers Monday!!
So the crafting podcast is becoming weekly!! And on a Monday!! This will be a weekly round up of the crafting activities I get up to! This week’s round up can be found here
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Episode 13 show notes
Episode 13 Sunday 18th March So I’ve made it this far!!! Still got bump in tow!! Lots of little bits to tell you all about this week, some sections are a bit light on content this week, because we’ve had disturbed nap times due to toddler illness ( joyfully he threw up in the car…
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Busy weeks!!
So the past two weeks have been filled with visitors and LOTS of outside work….. not much time for crafting except in between visitors and knitting of an evening!! We started with a few days with my sister and niece and nephew!! Someone was very pleased with his visitors!! And we had wall building round…
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A first try!!
So a different sort of weaving has been happening here….. A hazel hurdle is in the making!!! We have decided to have a go to make some prettier panels to make the gaps into what was the old slurry pit and will be our fruit and vegetable garden, safe!! Hopefully child safe!!!! James and I…
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A little crafty update and a teaser for some shop updates this week!!
So I have been knitting on Some Christmas socks and the wool is working out ok! Then I’ve finished a project from the WIP wall of shame!!!! Yay!!! Meet the leaf babies!! So more about them later this week!! Then I’ve been out in the workshop working on some wood crafts and pyrography…. Then for…
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Collecting, processing and stacking
A big part of our new lives here this time of year is collecting processing and stacking wood for our Esse and logburner. The Esse allows us to cook, heat water and heat our home and the log burner tops us up on chilly nights and even sometimes allows us to cook tea on it…
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Workshop Building
Recently we have been working hard on getting the area in the first barn behind the house turned into a workshop for all the tools and for doing some of the jobs we need to get done around the place….. including me making a heap of toys for Sir and for future Forest School plans…
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Newspaper and sawdust bricks
In our quest to not waste anything at the farm James has bought a brick maker… Last time we were at the farm James spent some time making some newspaper and sawdust bricks….