Dora

 Dora came to visit and help out for 10 days.  We finished the tyre wall renders and mosaics and got started on weeding and planting near the entrance.

Elderberry season.  Dora made all sorts of jams .... with the elderberries, rose petals and raspberries from the land.

Some photographs that Dora took of some of the little creatures that share the land here: 

Kerterres in Brittany

 Little spaceship like pods made with hemp and lime nestle amongst a 'jardin-jungle' on the far West coast of Brittany.  They have been sculpted by a pioneering woman called Evelyn with the help of countless volunteers and people attending her on-site construction courses.  They are part of a wider initiative to demonstrate low impact living that is closer to nature.  The pods are surrounded by trees, shrubs and other plants that provide shade, food and building materals.  Hopefully we can build one here next year.

Loulou de Toulouse

 At least I think it was Toulouse - anyway, certainly the South and somewhere hot.  Loulou arrived on her bike and gave me a bouquet of dried wild flowers that she had collected on her way.  A charming start to a productive stay.

Lou helped me to patch our tyre wall up - it had lost some of its lime render and mosaics due to a bad mix for the top resulting in water infiltration.  I had already re-done the top with stones from the land and NHL 3 lime and sand - nice and waterproof.  Lou added a feminist logo ....

... and helped to weed around our extremely productive thornless brambles.

She also did some fabulous vegan cooking  AND we went to visit the kerterres in Brittany (see next post)  on a wildcamping weekend.