Thursday 30 May 2013

More weaving

Adam with one of the large panels he made using the last of the bendy green willow we coppiced earlier in the year.We have chicks and cattle again at Bungeons, the vegetable garden is slow and suffering from lack of attention due to all the willow work I have been doing but we have a feast of asparagus at last. The summer raspberries are very behind but lots of flowers on the strawberries..The bees are doing well although we still need a run of warm sunny days any surplus honey they collect they then need to use on these wet grey days. I am really looking forwards to the first honey of the year.
Mum and some of the chicks , we have 2 hens sharing this brood . I spend quite a bit of time hunting out any other potential broods as we don't need any more chicks.We don't have the heart to dispose of the cockerel though.
Latest weavings, Willow work is going on hold for a while.

Wednesday 8 May 2013

Willow workshop dates

Spring is finally here. I saw the first swallow on April 15th and heard my first cuckoo yesterday. The 3 colonies have made it through the winter and the rape is now in flower (slowly) it is a very late spring.
The next weaving workshops dates are;-
Monday May 20th
Wednesday May 22 at  http://www.brookfarmstudio.co.uk/ in Bildeston  where we will be making the birdfeeders like the one in the picture.
Wednesday May 29th
Saturday 1st June
Please contact for more information and to book.