Autumn 2015 | |
![]() A new work-horse for the woodland. | ![]() |
![]() The compost loo gets a roof. Larch roofing battens and cedar shingles. | ![]() The roof complete. |
Summer 2015 | |
![]() Spoon-making at Sallerton Wood. | ![]() A wet day working in the woods. |
![]() The compost loo gets roof timbers. | ![]() Cladding the compost loo with sawn Ash. |
![]() A recently-found source of clay in the Wood. Suitable for making a timber-drying kiln maybe? | ![]() The next stage for the compost loo - Larch timber frame completed and erected ready for cladding. |
![]() Prepared Hazel bars and Ash rails for a hurdle. | ![]() The completed hurdle in position to keep young Thomas away from the log-burner area at home. |
![]() Ash and Hazel poles for making a hurdle. | ![]() Shaping the ends of the bars with a rounder. |
![]() Ivy removed from useful Ash coppice trees. | ![]() Track-grading near the entrance. |
![]() The completed well. | ![]() Spring-water on tap, piped to near the woodland workshop. |
![]() A spring; a useful source of naturally-filtered water. | ![]() Captured spring. |
![]() A new gate for the entrance, made at Sallerton Wood from timber extracted and processed there. | |
Spring 2015 | |
![]() Woodland shelter frame complete with its tarpaulin roof. | |
![]() Cutting the surplus off the pegs. | |
![]() Erecting the trusses. | ![]() The assembled frame. |
![]() Early stages of erection of the woodland shelter frame. | ![]() Checking levels. |
![]() Frame joint cutting. | ![]() Frame peg making with a draw-knife and shaving-horse. |
![]() Prepared timber for a woodland shelter frame. | |
![]() Preparing timber for a timber frame with the chainsaw mill. | |
![]() Moving materials the hard way. | ![]() This will make life easier! |
![]() Coppiced timber stacked to dry. | ![]() Newly-planted native broadleaved tree saplings. |