Wwoofers - Marie and Mika

Marie and Mika stayed here a week. Still at school but incredibly independent, helpful and capable - their years of experience in the Belgium scouts served them well with fire lighting, harvesting fruit and vegetables and creating in the kitchen ....

Working on the Forest Garden

Marie putting mulch material
down on top of the layers of
cardboard between the trees
and shrubs ...



Spreading out the mulch - nettles, grass
ferns etc that had been cut in the
orchard ....

Taking sellope and staples off the cardboard used
to mulch the forest garden ....

Saving seeds from the garden

They harvested rocket, chard, radish and cabbage
seeds from the garden .....

 

 

Helping with Ecoconstruction

Marie helping to dismantle the
scaffolding ...

Applying an external lime render ....

Mika sieving earth to be used in
the external lime render mix
for the house ......
 

Cooking inside and out

They quickly got the hang of lighting the outdoor woodstove and cooked jam with fruit harvested from the land and made delicious meals on it ....

 

They harvested plums ....

and elderberries ....

 

 .... and learned how to make jam ...
 

They learned how to make sourdough
bread ........

The girls at leisure

The adapted well to the 'chantier' conditions -
they made a makeshift sofa and watched a
film on my laptop .........

 

 

They created a comforable space on the earth floor
and played cards ......

 

Reading on the pallet bench in the garden ....
Marie is thinking about training in cabinet making so
had a look at one of the woodwork books from the
library here ....................
 

Thank you Marie and Mika for all your help ... looking forward to seeing you here another time ......