The bog garden we planted late last summer is developing rather gorgeously. As long as you ignore backdrop of the building site (behind me when I took this snap) you can revel in primulas - mooreana (that's the nonstop purple in the foreground) , florindae and bulleyana - hellebores, verbascum, ferns and hostas.
This area has called like a siren to our former gardener George Watson, whose now coming back in once a week!
Topics: 'bog garden' 'primula'
The Bog Garden in July 2008
Rather pleased with the way the 2 regenerated paddy fields are coming along. Soil was created from rotting down the cuttings and wood chippings from the field. This year is the first year of cultivation purely based on what we have been able to regenerate from the hill. Crops of Broad and French beans in one bed plus potatoes, cauliflower and sprouts in the other - each field is half sewn with green manure - alfalfa on this occasion.
Chips growing in the wild
At last the major demolitions are nearing completion and the majority of the building is ready for the new concrete floors to be poured on Monday, this means work can begin on re-building the walls and everyone should start to see a difference on the webcam.
Topics: 'Lawson Park building'
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Looks like the cam has recently been moved a few degrees to the left... how sad am I!?
It's NOT raining!
View through the main barn
View of the cottage, whats left of it!
This is what happens when you get a hole in your ground source heat pipes.. Sintec were back onsite this week to grout the pipes into the boreholes this involves pressure testing them first to make sure they'll work when the system is commissioned -good times. They couldn't get pressure in the last pipe which generally means theres a hole in it and they have to pull the 70m pipe out by hand and replace it -bad times
Topics: 'ground source heat'
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One man fixing machine
The long awaited removal of the electricity pole, sited in the middle of the Lawson Park meadow, was completed this week. With a great deal of equipment, monster trucks and men on mobile phones in attendance, the removal of the pole and undergrounding work seemed to be completed relatively smoothly, it only seemed to be the small matter of flicking the switch to turn our electricity back on that was a problem, hence the delay in posting pictures of this great (and very expensive) event.
Topics: 'electricity'
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The new pole goes up
The old pole comes down
For those avid viewers of the webcam who are wondering why it's not updating, the power to Lawson Park has been turned off whilst they run it underground, meaning no power to do anything on the farm. Normal service will resume next week.
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To paraphrase the Go! Team (amongst others)), looks like the power is (back) on!
Lecks temporary site manager oversees progress while Barry takes a well earned break.
Topics: 'Lawson Park building'
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what now?
After 6 weeks the drilling is finally complete and the rig is taken off site..phew
Topics: 'ground source heat'
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Can't say I'm sorry to see you go
And also some carved bits of beams we rescued.
Topics: 'carving' 'wooden beams' 'salvage'
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1908?
"L J"
180 ?
A few items that the builders have pulled from the walls recently during the re-build...
Any information about when they date from or what they are very welcome!
Topics: 'archaeology' 'antiquities' 'finds' 'stirrup' 'bottle' 'vintage cigarette packet' 'blade' 'carving' 'graffiti'
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A blade from what?
This bottle has the letters 'A' & 'B' in fancy script on the front
From the 1940's maybe?
This is a riding stirrup - but from when?
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