Sowing The Seeds
With the cold frame built it was time to move to the task of starting to grow some seeds. I’d amassed a range of almost a hundred seed varieties! These aren’t the limit of what I’ll be trying to introduce here, but after lots of research and...Building The Cold Frame
While I’ve been doing lots of research, planning and design for the site here, I’ve also been trying to keep up with the weather and get things in to action. At the start of Spring I decided to build a cold frame so I could start getting lots of seeds...Intro Tour : Starting Permaculture at Winglewood. VIDEO
Not only do all of the themes throughout the Six Series at Winglewood combine and cross over, but they also apply at pretty much any scale. We could delve in to a topic from a global perspective, but much of the same thoughts will always be relevant to a local...
Made With Passion – An Introduction
We live in a disposable society. Stuff is cheap to buy, which seems great because we can toss it out tomorrow and update with the new latest trend. ‘Fast Fashion’. It’s a concept that kind of suggests that there’s some all mighty guru that we...Integrating Nature With Society
With an open mind it’s not difficult to recognise that huge improvements could be made to our lives by working more closely with Nature, rather than trying to control it. Writing the intros to the Winglewood Series has helped me to digest the vastness of this...
The Waste Chase – An Introduction
Of all the series at Winglewood, the ‘Waste Chase’ is the one that gives me the biggest spark! That may come as a surprise given that waste can easily seem rather dull… and smelly. But I’ve always been fascinated by the way that things break...
Pumpkin How-To Videos. Face Mask & Prepping Seeds.
There’s two short videos for you here. Both pumpkin themed. In the top one you’ll find the steps for prepping your own seeds from your pumpkins (these are much healthier & tastier than what you’ll pick up bagged at the shop). Or scroll down for a...
Regenerative Agriculture – The Impact Of Food
I’ve said that I was eager to highlight the connections between our stories. I think it’s a great way to demonstrate the knock on effect that an improvement in one area of our lives can have upon an other. (And show how bizarrely simple our problems could...
