Willow weaving workshops

Garden Cloches
I am running this workshop on Thursday 9th Feb staring at 10am, The cost is £35 this includes all materials and lunch.
Plant supports
 If you are interested in learning how to make these plant supports or cloches please contact me.
We have been offered some more willow to harvest so getting that cut, sorted and stored  along with still clearing the footpaths are the main tasks at the moment.
I will be running more workshops about organic vegetable growing and willow weaving  in March and April and will post the dates on the blog.

Willow Harvest

Our first homegrown willow harvest. I am always on the hunt for willow and hazel,. Some friends let me coppice one of their very old hazels so I now have quite a few straight uprights to use for plant supports. We also coppiced a willow fence which is crack willow it is not recommended for weaving but I am going to see how it works for hurdles.
In the garden the garlic and onions  have pushed through the soil and seem to be away, the broad beans are showing their first leaves . I still have rocket its seems happier now than it did in the summer. I have started  the process of spreading our compost on the deep beds it has been so dry I wanted the soil to have some moisture in it before before mulching. I still can't decide if I should  mulch the willow beds with wood chip or not ,
I have fed candy to the bees who have been out and about in this mild weather. The hens have stopped laying and the cattle have gone to Norfolk for a while.