Day 122 Winter Has Arrived!

Hügelkultur

Hügelkultur is a German term for raised-bed gardening using buried woody material covered in compost and topsoil. As the wood decomposes within the bed, it retains more and more moisture over time. However, a good crop can be planted in it in the first year.

I would like to try this at The Wooly Crow Farm. I just pruned a mountain of branches from an enormous wild rose and some kind of flowering shrub that threatened to eat us.

For more information see Paul Wheaton's blog Richsoil
or check out Permies.com

Day 2 - Contractors

Met with a couple of contractors to get a quote on doing some insulation and dry-walling on the second floor.

As you can see there is some work to be done to get it livable.

When I arrived at the house today to meet with contractor #1, the neighbour to the west came over to introduce herself. She had left these on my property and wanted to let me know I could use them anytime!

Day 1 - By The Sea!

Today we got the keys to our new home!

Dreaming The Wooly Crow

The dream of The Wooly Crow is of sheep and fowl and gardens, of craft and fine art, of an apiary where surely mead would follow.

A place that will be home to grandmother, great-grandmother, grandson; future generations, ancestors and landwights; crows too.

It was born in 1970 as a seaside summer cottage; a 28' x 24.6' cedar shingled square on 1.6 acres of the north Atlantic coast.
There is a village of 300 nearby where fishermen dwell and artists and regular people.
There is a general store / post office / cafe / gallery, an artist's co-op; a lighthouse park, a meeting place for writers.

We three will be caretakers for a while and follow the best ways possible to keep harmony with land sea and air, and be good neighbours.
In spirit dad grandfather grandmother and uncle, we'll always remeber, and thank you.

May the Gods be with us, and the land and folk always in good health!