Putting New Life Into Old Tools

I have just ‘refurbished’ my Dad’s old Stanley carpenters axe after it had a tussle with a nail, one of the perils of using recycled timber. I shortened the shaft on this axe a few years ago to make a handy pocket sized axe for carving with. I honed...

Willow

Our willow is now started to die away and join in with the other trees on site to make amazing displays of colour. edf...

A Winter Basket

We have some classy customers and one brought along her basket to put our veg in. A perfect match lit by the light from the barn’s north window. Maybe we should start making baskets for our customers, what do you think?

Another Amazing Sky

We never get tired of looking at the sky around here, it puts up some amazing displays. This afternoon’s sky looks like something from a nuclear test; breathtaking.

Spoon Carving

I think the weather may have put off the volunteers today so it gives me a chance to get back into the winter job of woodcarving.