As a green woodworker in Cornwall, I have in the past been known to source coppiced Hazel rods from as far afield as Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire! So 16 years ago ago my wife Ele and I decided to plant our own coppice not being at all sure if it would work as ‘clearly there…
After a busy few weeks and before Anthony disappears on his Aikido Summer Course we thought we’d post out a quick update on events here… In this newsletter: Stool making course Lime Rendering opportunity Seaweed harvest Charcoal and firewood Stool Making Course Anthony is running a stool making course on 20th/21st October. You will spend…
From snow blizzards to heat-waves, we’ve had it all since our last posting. The energy is high and new ideas are rapidly unfurling at Pentiddy. We were anticipating sitting back and enjoying the feeling of having completed the coppicing for the year but the land here had other ideas….and plenty of them! In this Newsletter……
Just to let everyone know that due to two very well attended workdays in January and February we do not need the planned one in March. We have therefore CANCELLED this work day. Thank you to all who attended in January and February- we really appreciate your support. After such a fruitful couple of days…
Mid-Winter greetings to you all! We thought you might like a little holiday reading so here’s our latest offering. In this Newsletter; Pigs Coppicing Squirrel Skin Tanning Internships Volunteer days- Community Woodland Bent Hazel Chair course Winter salads Fire Pigs December always seems to be a busy month but add in slaughtering and butchering 4…
Articles in this newsletter: Our visit to Old Chapel Farm Wind generator erected Dandelion Coffee Projects Ash die back Community Woodland work day Pentiddy shroud Frequency of newsletters Well, as things here at Pentiddy tend to do, time-scales have drifted and the newsletter is now looking more like a seasonal one rather than monthly which…
A bit of a contrast to the weather in early July. We have been working around incredible rain storms for the past month or so which has made it tricky to get stuck into any one thing. Also various members of the team have been away during the Summer – Anthony running a workshop for…
We have been busy over the past month or two- so we thought we’d combine two months of newsletter since we missed our self imposed publish date for June- so sorry for this ‘bumper’ edition! The weather at times has been just amazing, and during the hottest times we changed our daily routine to start…