In 2022 we bought a small field on the Mendip Hills. We had lots of ideas from planting lots of trees to simply providing some space in which our two young children could be wild. Of course nothing goes to plan and in 2023 I injured my back and that slowed us down but we’ve kept picking away at it and now I’ve a place to record what we’re doing.
A month or so ago we all got to have a go at making pots on a friend’s potters wheel. While none of us are going to be competing in next years Pottery Throwdown we all managed to create a couple of things we were pleased with – the great thing about pottery is anything […]
Pit Firing some Pottery 3/8/25 Read More »
Last winter we spent quite a lot of time and energy laying some hedge along the northern boundary of Hare’s Rise. I think we all enjoy the work – we don’t kill ourselves trying to get lots done, rather we pick away at it, doing a short stretch each year. But even that amount seems
I made Some Spoons – the Joy of carving Read More »
An amazing sunny spring day and I finally got around to opening up the hive. I’ve been wanting to get this done for a while but even though its been sunny the past two weeks the wind’s been cold. But today it was beautiful, sunny and 22 degrees. So time to start sorting out the
Sorting out the Bees 11/4/25 Read More »
A beautiful sunny day – we’ve not had many of those this winter and we took the opportunity to finish up the hedge laying for this year. There’s still lots of hedge to do and by the time we finish it all the first bit we layed will probably need doing again. But this years
Hedge Laying 2/3/25 Read More »
It felt like spring today which was a welcome change after what feels like weeks of grey skies seemingly made greyer b a cold east wind. But today no wind and the sun was shining and Hares Rise felt like a wonderful place to be. First stop was to check the bees. The hive was
February 22nd 2025 Read More »
