Volunteers Adam and Celine

Adam, a young graphic designer from the UK stayed for a few days in early June, followed by Celine, a French girl - both wanting to connect with nature and learn more about autonomy and ecology.

Adam

Helping Kevin with the terrace project in front of
the house - the idea is to use the large number of
flat stones lying around the land and other found
materials ...

Helping me to move some of the edible wild plants
in front of the house to the forest garden ....

Planting potatoes in the forest garden
in the spaces between the trees
and fruit bushes ... a way of
using the space before putting
in permanent edible groundcover and
other perennials next year.

 

celine

A trip to Off-Grid-John's ... planting
potatoes in his plot in return for all
the help he has given me ...

Examining John's rainwater catching system ...

Following one of our recipes with
produce from the land.



Making radish leaf pesto ....

Enjoying a walk around Mont
Saint Michel .....

Celine working with another volunteer - stripping
radish leaves for supper ....


 

Thank you Celine for your help in the garden, for your company and good humour.  Good luck with your plans for a humanitarian future.  à la prochaine.

Wwoofer Julie

Julie stayed for 10 days in May - she is between jobs/courses and is interested in learning more about permaculture/living closer to nature.  She is an 'animatrice' for the elderly ...

Always beautifully coiffed - with an exotic flower in
her hair .... here helping Cecile with some harvested
plants ..........

She brought an elegance to the process of raking up
lawn cuttings - to be used as mulch on the garden.

In the round garden ...

Chopping nettles to use as plant
fertiliser .........

Cutting comfrey to be used as mulch on the garden
beds - it will re-grow and can be cut up to three
times a year ... a great mineral accumulator.

Harvesting bundles of nettles to
bed dried for tea ....

She learned how to use the brushcutter ....

Helping to plant up an area with the 'three sisters'
companion planting scheme of sweetcorn, climbing
beans and climbing ground cover marrow/pumpkins.

A spot of weeding in the round
garden ............

Mounding up potatoes with Woofer Cecile ...

Clearing the orchard of branches before brushcutting
for mulch material for the garden ....

Thanks Julie for all your help and for making me laugh ...
good luck with your permaculture project ...