In 2009 my family bought a 2 acre bracken and bramble patch. The plan is to plant a range of coppiceable trees, and restore wildflower meadow where it is retreiveable underneath the bracken.

It's hopefully a solution to the problems of, a pension and education fund which doesn't involve banks, skilling us up in woodland craftwork, meaningful exercise, logs for the stove, aiding bio-diversity, and working on our carbon footprint.

So far we've uncovered some surviving wildflower meadow, planted some trees and a section of hedge. Slashing back brambles and bracken has turned out to be my favorite exercise since chopping logs, and (you might think I ought to get out more) I am genuinely excited to see whether anything we grow survives the deer, squirrels, voles, wild boar, and weather.

I'll update this page every now and then as to how progress goes.