Lesson number one: When clearing land, do not simply pull out all the top growth of a big area, then expect to be able to go back and only have the roots to deal with. Because by the time you get back to the beginning, the top growth will be right back where you started [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 12, 2008
We found some steps
They break up the land a bit, and the monotony of digging up nettle roots.
They seem to be set well and in a good position, so we’re leaving them there. Uncovering them was fun.
August 8, 2008
This is what’s been holding things up
That’s just a sample of some of the junk we’re having to dig out of the field. I didn’t know it was all there under the nettles until we started digging. Now it seems that the whole area will need digging over and clearing out. It’s going to take some time!
August 2, 2008
Electrickery
(as my great grandmother used to call it.)
Tom did some calculations yesterday, with our recent npower bills and the figures from Hugh Piggot’s Windpower Workshop, and worked out the following facts:
Our household burns the equivalent of 10 100w lightbulbs’ worth of electricity every hour! He thinks the computer monitors are the main culprits. I’m [...]
