We’ve made a new compost toilet!

At last..their is now a new composting toilet in the lower field near to the 21 foot yurt and The Train Carriage. Made from just off cuts of wood and curved rafters from the old train carriage,... more

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Little helpers

Setting up The Yurt Farm was a really busy time but i didn't quite appreciate how much easier it was to do things without having to entertain children and run a business at the same time. Anyway,... more

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Red train coming

Autumn has definately arrived with the leaves starting to change colour and fall off the trees in the wind. The yurts stood up really well to the tail end of the hurricane last week, luckily we... more

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Building our pizza oven

The big news is that we have a brilliant new pizza oven.... Thea's family stayed in the yurts for a week so we took the opportunity to finally make the pizza oven. With lots of feet and hands covered... more

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Bye Bye rusty train carriage

At last... we've started work on the train carriage. It has been sitting outside our house for nearly 2 years waiting for us to have a moment to start on it. Work finally got underway on Wednesday... more

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Chicken houses and fruit trees

A busy month so far, here's what we have been up to..... All of this lovely weather has been perfect for getting the yurts, field and cabin ready for the beginning of April. The yurts are looking... more

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Sinks, seats and silage

Its been a busy month so far. Nick has made a new sink which is now beside the compost toilets. Fittingly, it's made from unused pieces of the toilet's timber frame. We've made a whole set of seats... more

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A new woodshed

After the winter wind made a mess of our old woodshed, we decided to build a new one. Thea's dad Jan joined me last weekend to turn a lovely pile of Ian Hedges douglas fir into a big dry shed for... more

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New baby on the farm

It's been an exciting month, Mossy has a lovely new baby brother called Wren. Luckily he waited for the snow to clear before he arrived. On the same day 7 yellow chicks hatched although we didn't see... more

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Tired but lots of help keeps coming

This week has gone really well. We have had Ed, our special Devonshire friend up who has amazingly turned some ash planks from the farm into beautiful kitchen sideboards. With a curved back they... more

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