Solid and well-made of an underrated native wood, exhibiting a particularly attractive grain pattern. Overall, this bowl is beautiful in its simplicity. Highly recommended.
Janet from UK
When we moved to our smallholding rainwater harvesting had been the plan – a bungalow provides a lot of roof capture compared to a typical house. However, our research quickly taught us two things. First purification of rainwater …
The downside to a wood on a hillside is that there is rarely anywhere level to set up camp. This creates problems ranging from putting a cup down to finding a level place to sit whether it be …
These are some photos from converting the garage door for my workshop at our old house. In hindsight it was probably over engineered but ‘davis’ style is to build like a battleship. Once the basic stud structure was …
This old water tank was rescued from an old house undergoing renovation and turned into a really useful store. The doors are made from cedar cladding left over from another job. We now keep our chicken feed in …
Compost Loo built at local wood using locally sourced wood and recycled pallets.
This ‘Pole Barn’ was built initially as an outdoor space but eventually became a garden/wood store. It has been clad in self-protecting cedar feather board.
We built a tree-house or WOMP (Wildlife Observation & Management Platform) at Bach Wood using timber felled and milled the wood itself, recycled pallets and some coppiced hazel. For safety we did use treated timber for the main …
A hedge fire had resulted in much damage to the tree line and fences so all this was cleared. A new fence was then built with hedging plants planted.
Popping in a front gate with some fencing in our old house with 2 different layers of bedrock and clay. Oh joy to the geology gods!