wwoofer - Aurelia

Aurelia arrived shortly after Ui .... and has thrown hersef enthusiastically into foraging, wild food cooking, ecoconstruction and gardening ....

In the Garden





After a visit to a forest garden in Belgium
 where we bought lots of seeds of unusual perennial
 plants for the forest garden, Aurelia was inspired to
 start sowing ....
 

Sowing and labelling the seeds ...
 

 

 Ecoconstruction

Cutting jute to place over wood before
earth rendering ....

 

Placing the slip coated jute onto areas where the
wood is showing ....
 

Applying the earth render to the straw
and slip insulated wall ...

 

Using the 'regle de macon' to level
the render ...
 

Making torchis with earth and hay ...

In the Kitchen

 

Aurelia made a fantastic nettle tartare ...
 

Making nettle soup ...