The wild and cultivated life of an upland smallholding
Latest Field Notes
- Two More Mornings Without House Martins—28–29 September 2026
Two more mornings without the house martins. Summer is definitely over for this year. - No House Martins?—27 September 2026
Were the house martins having a Sunday lie-in? With the miserable weather we have today, probably not. - Harvest Moon—26 September 2026
The day of the full moon and it’s busy in our back yard.
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Rebuilding the ARK
Making more room for wild lives through woodland, meadow, water, shelter—and knowing when to intervene and when to leave well alone.
Grow Your Own Life
Growing and gathering food, medicine and useful plants; making, preserving and learning from the land.
Resilient Living Toolkit
Practical things worth sharing as we discover them—seasonal calendars, recipes, resources and ways of doing more with what we already have.