Late Start

The walls 

I have big hopes for this year, having bought four walls and some land back in September 2012. There is planning permission for conversion of the building to a one bedroomed house which expires in the middle of February, so there is some urgency to get works started. I can't start until I get a license pertaining to the resident Dormice, currently hibernating. It's going to be a tense few weeks! 

the walls in the field..

on a soggy January 2nd.

The land runs to 15 acres in total, roughly split three ways between pasture, a soggy field containing a great variety of grasses and flowers and the final third has mature trees. Each area has a boundary of  trees, mostly Ash, Oak and Sycamores with a few Beech trees and Silver Birch. There are also a couple of little streams, and the map shows a pond though we have yet to locate it!

The stream, swollen from the considerable rain that has fallen over the last few weeks.

I'm planning to document the transformation of the building and the land, aiming to grow my own food, hopefully living a more sustainable life... looking for a quieter way!!!

Bertie, my Cavashon, 12 months old. He  L O V E S  the field!