Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 9:15 pm by Nigel
Short Rotation Coppicing - Rows
We have always aspired to recycle as much as we can and ideally be self-sufficient. We seem to have made a slow start on the latter, but at last our plan to create our own coppice to sustain us with firewood has begun!
Today, following Tam’s careful plan, we marked out the 12 rows varying between 12 and 16 meters long. Not as easy as it sounds as we first had to shift tons of sand/soil etc which was in the way! Now the rows are marked out we need to get the turf/meadow cut so we can strip it off.
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Tags: Short Rotation Coppice, Top Paddock, Willow Coppice
Posted in: Energy Saving and the Environment, Garden Improvements, Living the Country Life, Posts with Photos, Self Sufficiency, Trees |
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 9:09 pm by Nigel
Ditch Work
Mr Liam Lambert was back on site…must stop calling our home a site!
This time he was a week late as we had already shifted approx. 6-8 tons of sand and soil by hand (!) to make way for the willow coppice, but we always have things that need doing if you have a JCB for 10 minutes! This time it was finally clearing the last of the soil/rubble that the previous owner had excavated for the new drainage ditch. Finally the top paddock looks ‘neat’ and there are no piles of junk around.
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Tags: Coppicing, Ditches, GSD Lambert and Sons, Liam Lambert, Top Paddock, Willow Coppice
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 12:22 pm by Tammy
One of the great things about living at Waterloo Farm is the variety of wildlife we get in the garden, and especially at this time of year, the birds. We always try our best to put food out for them, ensuring there’s something for everyone – peanuts and seeds in feeders for the little birds, apples and suitable leftovers for the bigger ones and food on the floor for those that don’t hover so well like our resident pheasant Fezziwig! As you can imagine we were getting through quite a lot of shop-bought fat balls to keep up with them all, so I decided to have a go at making my own, and I’m pleased to say my experiments have been a total success 
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Tags: Bird Feeders, Bird Food, Birds, Pheasant, Wildlife
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 3:20 pm by Nigel
Christmas at Waterloo Farm 2009
Tags: Christmas Tree
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Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm by Nigel
Do you want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records? Do you want to help improve the planet? Can you plant a tree somewhere? Then it must be Tree O’Clock!
To support and promote national tree week support a world record attempt to plant the most trees in one hour. You can find out all about it here on the BBC website.
We are going to pledge to plant one tree during the designated time slot, can you also support it? If you want some help in choosing the right tree for your garden drop us a comment and we’ll try and help you. (Or at least we have some great books to help us help you!)
Tags: BBC Breathing Places, Garden Design and Improvements, Tree O'Clock, Trees
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