09 MARCH 2016. How Ben Law’s home became a vocation and new architectural vernacular An extract from The Woodland House by -:- Ben Law I live in the middle of a woodland. The woodland is predominantly sweet chestnut coppice. Sweet chestnut is a very durable, fast growing hardwood. I built a small cruck frame boathouse with…
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One of our guest tutors gets mushy
18 FEBRUARY 2016. Once a year, we have the pleasure of a visit from -:- Bill Knight from Keverall Farm in Cornwall who is the main teacher on our -:- Mushroom cultivation course. A great tutor and all round fun guy, he speaks about his love of mushrooms and the course: “Did you know that hidden under your…
More information ...Polytunnel appeal update from our plot team
18 FEBRUARY 2016. In our last newsletter, we thanked everyone for their help in raising money to pay for a new polytunnel cover at out plot – our last one was -:- ripped off in the January storms. The team were just wishing for a sunny winter day with no wind to be able to fit…
More information ...Great video on Feeding the 5K event last October
18 FEBRUARY 2016. This interesting video on food waste shows the 300 strong army of volunteers preparing and feeding a hot meal to five thousand people in the centre of Brighton last October. The event was organised by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, using food that would otherwise have gone to waste. The programme (Food Rebels) meets Adam…
More information ...The Roundwood Frame
An extract from Roundwood Timber Framing by -:- Ben Law My interest in building the roundwood frame came from the availability of timber trees growing within my woods. Being a predominantly coppiced woodland, there were not the volume of straight trees to construct a log building and neither was there an abundance of oak to produce…
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