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Potential. The buds are bursting all over here at Velwell Orchard. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve knocked the polytunnel and veg beds into shape and sown loads of seeds. Next week we’ll begin work scything the orchard and weeding and mulching the soft fruit. I’m so grateful for the help and support we’ve been getting. Thank you all - you know who you are. Thanks @kat4712 , @jakeygreennut and @sashageorgiades for all the hard work. #biodynamic #organic #permaculture

For the first time in 20 years of bloody hard work and financial hardship I now find myself in the interesting situation where I am probably better set to weather this crisis than nearly all of the people in the rest of the world. I have no money but I have few debts, a place to live, a small plot of land on which to grow food, a wife and children, family living close by and access to the great outdoors. I’m also relatively strong in mind and body and I’m surrounded by natural beauty every day. My heart goes out to the sick, the weak and the poor, those living in cities, and especially to those in India and Africa where this pandemic could be a catastrophe. We will be spending much of the next few months growing and distributing fruit and veg and in our small way, we’ll do our bit.

A massive thank you to those kind folks who have donated to velwell orchard over the last few days. It really means a lot to us. 😊❤️🌿

The river is my solace. The cold is my tonic.

The sky was incredibly blue today. No planes spewing filth into the air we all breath. In the woods the birds were singing their hearts out and in the garden we sowed peas and beans. After a winter of hellish rain and mud, suddenly the land is transformed into an earthly heaven.

As I slipped silently into the freezing water I thought ... ——————————————— ... FUCK! That’s cold! But standing on the mossy rock, the evening sun warming my skin, drying me without the need of a towel, the feeling was bittersweet. Why can so few others feel what I feel right now, this thrill of existence, this oneness with life? It must be almost impossible surrounded by cities and people. Why do we continue to cover the Earth in concrete, fill the air with fumes and the rivers with shit? How did we lose our way so badly?

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