Friday 2 September 2016

The earth floor, permaculture garden and life ...

We've achieved so much this month with all the wonderful volunteers that have pitched in ...

The Earth Floor

It's been a long time coming ... but finally here we are at the right time of the year, with all the materials collected and enough people to do the finishing layer in one day ...

Cow manure collected from a friend's field ...

Local 0,4 sand

Hemp fibre and chopped up straw.

Clay earth soaked 24 hours in the bathtub ...
 
All mixed with a bit of water
in the concrete mixer ...

The joys of handling cow manure ...

Volunteers Florentina, Libby and
Andreas trowelling the finishing
layer ....


In the Garden
Wwoofer Libby, a professional gardener
working wonders in the round garden ...
lots of seed sowing and watering ..

Wwoofer Andreas from Sweden
creating the outer path for the
round garden.

Andreas attended a course on sustainable living
in Sweden ... here putting his knowledge of plants
to use ....

Wwoofer Gwendal, a special educational needs
worker, mulching around the Yacon plants
in the forest garden.
 
Furniture making with pallet wood ....

Gwendal dismantling a pallet ...

Volunteer Erin from Canada transforming
pallet wood into furniture for the bathroom.


Andrea, a volunteer from Holland
is no stranger to working with wood
being a student of product design ... here
preparing some pallet wood for kitchen cabinet
doors ..............

 


Great - looks good!

Culinary pursuits
 
Gwendal experimenting with making
dandelion coffee ...
 
Enjoying a post meal dandelion coffee ...

Creating with the garden produce in our nearly finished
pallet and recycled wood kitchen ....

Enjoying a shared meal on our newly built recycled wood
dining table ....

Florentina became an expert in creating
salads with edible flowers and wild plants ...

Ready to tuck in ...

Preparing the first pumpkin of the season ...

 


The first spaghetti squash, patisson, marrow and
pumpkins of the season.

Ecoconstruction



Bastien and Andreas pointing the foundations with
lime mortar ...


Andreas working with a lime mortar.



Spare time ...
 
Libby knitting a snood in the hamock

Andreas reading about forest gardening.

Gwendal drawing up a scale map
of the forest garden ...

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