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Getting ready for the summer
For the last few weeks Alex and I have been getting ready for the season. Our friends Ele and Craig have lent us thier Mongolian Ger (Yurt), which we put up with the help of Julie last weekend. It was a last minute decision, as it looked like the weather was going to turn for the rest [...]
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Tagged alpaca fleece, dyeing, fleeces, gorse, Indigo, Madder, Mongolian Ger, Yurt
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The wildlife camera
Stag at night Last month we set up a wildlife camera in the woods. It has been brilliant, meaning we have been able to take photos and films of animals which are using the woods. The camera has infra red so it can also work at night. It is sensitive to movement, so at first we [...]
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Tagged pine martens, red deer, wildlife camera
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Growing Things!
At last we have our Polytunnel and it’s going up. It is amazing how many parts it came in. Luckily Alex neatly laid them all out in the barn and has systematically put it all together, adding his own little bits and bobs here and there. Before the skin was on Our soil has only [...]
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Tagged dye garden, dye seeds, dyeing, heather, Highland, Indigo, Ladies Bedstraw, Ladies Mantle, Madder, making a dye garden, Marigold, polytunnel, Strathglass, Woad
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Wintery walks in the woods
After a two days of snow up here everything has changed! Otto went mad this morning when we let him out, I think it happens to us all the first time we see snow. Alex has spent most of the day clearing the track, today we were going no where….
Autumn feasting with friends
We had a wonderful evening at the woods last week, we ended up having a feast in the barn, probably the last of year, as it was getting just a little too chilly. We put a large piece of lamb in the outdoor pit oven at 12.30pm. We had 12 of us for dinner so [...]
The New Trees
As Autumn is a good time to plant trees and fruit bushes Alex and I went to the local garden centre this weekend (Lilliams in Kiltarlity). We ended up with three apple trees; a Bramley apple a Spartan and a Laxtons’ Superb along with blackcurrant bushes, raspberry canes and a loganberry. We had not even thought [...]
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Easter at Higher Crochail woods
This Easter we cooked an outdoor feast for our friends. We built a pit oven, filling it with hot stones heated in the fire. I wrapped a joint of spring lamb in wheat dough and put the whole veg in a cast iron pot seeled with dough. We then placed all of this in the [...]
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Tagged Higher Crochail, Outdoor Wild Cookery, pit cookery
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