This workshop can be booked any time during the year and is 1:1 with Adrian. You can choose a 2 hour (£125) or full day (£250) workshop. After booking we can fix a date that suits over email. We’ll spend the time at our woodyard (pictured below) looking at the buildings there and talking about how they were made. There is then also time for us to discuss either your building project designs or to discuss any other professional or career questions you’d like to explore.
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Yesterdeay I snedded up the crown of a fallen oak of 150 years standing. I removed a few limbs with my axe but 90% of it I worked with the chainsaw. Hugely satisfying work none the less. A habitat pile of leafy twigs and branch ends now circles the ground where the canopy lay, left for the creatures of the wood. A modest load of logs for my wood burner In the truck and the tree now tidy so everything that remains is ready for the land owners mill. Tis engaging work, the careful cutting of fibres to release tension and compression from bow and limb mighty enough to swiftly crush a man such as me. How many axemen(persons) would it take I wonder to saw, hew and cleave down an oak into shingles, lathe and firewood by hand? In fact if a weekend only were available how many of us should work the tree? 100 woodsmen maybe? Probably not, but fitting somehow such a number to break down this incredible harvest with only muscles, sweat and steel. One day..whos’s up for it? Continue Reading →
The space at the farm for the shop is quite small and didn’t lend itself to a hand raising so crane it was. The crane lift was very smooth and we got the whole frame up but 12am. Cheers Sam a light touch on the levers and buttons.
The A frames for the building have been cut and jointed at our yard ready for delivery to the farm. Thanks to everyone who helped during the construction of these frames, Emily, Jim, Leigh, Nick and Doug. A great 4 days. Cheers
The floor joist for the farm shop have now been milled during Treefest at Westonbirt Arboretum. All milled out of one large Douglas Fir.