Bees are earnest, hardworking, and democratic. The Bee personality is a delight to be around, especially when there’s a team project on the horizon. Bees love to work steadily and thoughtfully until the final task is complete. They are sensitive creatures, aware of many subtleties at once…For the most part they have bustling, joyous personalities…until …
I have been marvelling at the life-giving properties of water. We are having a long spell of dry hot(ish) weather, and it is remarkable how dependent we are on water for growth and survival. We have a rudimentary irrigation system of drip pipes set up in the garden, which requires a large 1000 litre tank …
I’ve been calling the market garden at Lopemede ‘The Sacred Garden’. I wasn’t sure what the garden would turn out to be, but I was clear in my mind that it wasn’t going to be a conventional parallel rows, intensive food production garden. And in a dream one night I clearly saw the collapsed geometry …
It’s been quite the build up to today. My husband and I have been working hard to prep the garden for the hourdes of visitors that descended on the farm for the 5 hours that the gates were open to the public. The weather gods smiled on us, and we had lovely warm weather all …