Foraging in June

Foraging in June

Foraging may be a bit of a dying art, for most people, it’s just blackberry picking in late Summer. But June offers some great foraging opportunities in the form of elder flowers. The elder bush is native to the British isles and  is  a very commonly found in...
Kids and Ponies, how (not) to get your kids riding

Kids and Ponies, how (not) to get your kids riding

Ciara and I looked at one another worriedly as Suzy cantered out of sight with Maude, our six year old daughter, on her back. Uh oh, I thought, that wasn’t really the plan… Things had been going well so far. Maude looked perfectly in control as she walked and trotted...
Milking Sheep

Milking Sheep

Over the last number of years we have embarked on many a project to help build (to use the word favoured by Rob Hopkins and his Transition movement) resilience. And while some of these experiments have had dubious results, our foray into milking sheep has been a...