Planters, chopping boards and a swing seat
This week it's been all about making things. We've been honing our woodworking skills to complete making the planter we started last...
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helenstringfellow
Sep 241 min
Autumn Equinox and birthday celebrations
What a fabulous day! We celebrated the Autumn Equinox and also one of our student's birthdays with homemade pizzas made in the wood fired...
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helenstringfellow
Sep 171 min
Planting,Making, fixing and a friendly dragonfly
It was fantastic to welcome back one of our students after a long break. Our Heartwood community really appreciate spending time together...
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helenstringfellow
Sep 101 min
The new chair is finished!
We are very proud to have finished making the new rustic chair for our fire circle. We all had a try on it and were pleased with how...
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helenstringfellow
Sep 41 min
September has arrived
This week at Heartwood we had a quieter day and enjoyed the late summer sunshine and blue skies. It was lovely to spend time fixing the...
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helenstringfellow
Aug 271 min
Blackberry jam, runner beans and finishing the saw horse and mallet
We had a hugely enjoyable day in the warm sunshine. Puppy Barley was incredibly relaxed today and sat in his crate watching all the...
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helenstringfellow
Aug 201 min
Growing, making and deconstructing
We returned after our week's annual leave and it was great to see everyone again. One lovely surprise was that everything in fruit corner...
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helenstringfellow
Aug 61 min
Puppy barley at Heartwood
The big news of the week is that Mark has got a puppy and it came to Heartwood. Puppy Barley was an absolute superstar and won everyone's...
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helenstringfellow
Jul 301 min
Hot, hot, hot!
It was an incredibly hot day at Heartwood so we were very grateful for the leafy shade of the trees. There was a lot of work done in...
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helenstringfellow
Jul 231 min
Broccoli, saw horse and chain saw cutting trolley
It was a great day at Heartwood as we saw our first harvest from the planter. It was the broccoli that has been growing so well and was...
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helenstringfellow
Jul 161 min
Planting, fixing, breaking and making
We have had a busy day at Heartwood. There was a lot of sawing and splitting pallet wood to make kindling. Mark and some of the students...
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helenstringfellow
Jul 101 min
Happy birthday at heartwood
Helen was delighted to celebrate her birthday at Heartwood this week. It was great for her to be in the woods with the Heartwood team for...
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helenstringfellow
Jul 21 min
Everything is growing!
Today we have noticed how incredibly well everything is growing. Fruit Corner is looking great and benefitting from all the warm sunshine...
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helenstringfellow
Jun 251 min
Pizza to celebrate the summer solstice
This week we have celebrated the Summer Solstice with pizza! Last thursday 20th June it was midsummer and the longest day.Mark brought...
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helenstringfellow
Jun 181 min
Moving logs, splitting firewood, making spindles and a new chair
It was another busy day at Heartwood, with a lot of varied activities. We watered and weeded fruit corner, as well as trimming back some...
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helenstringfellow
Jun 121 min
Charcoal Making
We had an epic day of charcoal making this week. It was a fabulous whole team effort to load the kiln with seasoned wood - mainly...
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helenstringfellow
May 281 min
Making a Besom broom, finishing the new roof, planting veg and pallet breaking – all in a day’s work at Heartwood!
This week we were delighted to have two new members join our Heartwood community. Welcome to you both! It was another enjoyable day of...
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helenstringfellow
May 211 min
Elderflower cordial and visitors galore!
It was great to welcome a new member to The Heartwood Project community today. We also had two new people visit us to see whether they...
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helenstringfellow
May 151 min
Silver birch balm, planting and peeling and preparing chestnut bark
We really enjoyed working in the woods again today - after all the rain and sunshine, the woods are looking incredibly green and leafy....
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helenstringfellow
May 71 min
Sunshine and Hawthorn blossom tea
At Heartwood this week we were delighted to have a beautiful, dry sunny day. We discovered a tiny frog and a slow worm in the woods while...
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