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Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting 7 - Training and Troubleshooting
We've been making our treasure hunts for everyone from toddlers to grandparents and for people of all abilities and interests (except,...
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May 8, 20201 min read
The great Snail Mail Art Exchange
Our art groups can't get together, but we have an exciting project in progress! Twenty-four adults and children are taking part in a big...
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Kate
May 7, 20201 min read
Ne'er cast a clout...
....'Til May is out: And here it is! There have been bits of hawthorn or May blossom open for the past few days here- but this is the...
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Katy
May 7, 20201 min read
We've gone interactive!
The wonderful artwork created by one of our groups, The Yurt Collective, is part of Air Arts' Wellbeing in the Workplace exhibition at...
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Kate
May 7, 20201 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting 6- Written clue-to-clue hunts
Once again, only one treasure is needed for this kind of hunt- and even better, it's a chance to practice writing some truly awful...
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Kate
May 6, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting 5- photo clue-to-clue hunting
Finally, a treasure hunt that only needs one treasure! This kind of hunt is a big step harder than clue-to-item style hunts: If something...
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Kate
May 5, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting 4- written clues to items
Once again we're making the treasure hunt a little more complicated- moving from taking pictures showing the location of each item to...
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Kate
May 4, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Treasure hunting 3- "The Lockdown"
This is a backwards version of the last treasure hunt. It has been a great way to bring the outdoors in when some of us were still...
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Kate
May 3, 20201 min read
Marigolds! And when not to eat them...
We may have cheated a teeny bit here buying lovely big plug plants... but some of the Crow Wood bunch needed to do shopping and Aldi had...
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Kate
May 2, 20202 min read
Are you set for No Mow May?
It's been quite a bit of work, but we've managed to get the orchard ready for No Mow May- ironically, by mowing it. Though since it was a...
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Kate
May 1, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Treasure hunting 2- photo clues hunt
We've been on a whole lot of bear hunts! Photo clues hunts can be done in a whole lot of ways: This is a nice simple type that works well...
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Kate
Apr 30, 20204 min read
Activity of the day: Treasure hunting!- it's a new series!
We've been having a bit of a treasure hunt sort of time: It doesn't matter that the weather has taken a turn for the worse- treasure...
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Katy
Apr 29, 20201 min read
Late spring (nearly) forage
The beautiful weather has made walking the dog along our local roads and in the small park a real pleasure. Now in late spring, there are...
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Kate
Apr 28, 20201 min read
No problems with remembering here...
Just before the rain started! we think forget-me-nots are brilliant: They start out as tiny sophisticated looking plahts with bright blue...
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Katy
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Almost ready to move house...
We have a greenhouse full of seed trays and seedlings! But they're in the wrong place...Well, we had to start our veggies off somewhere,...
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Kate
Apr 27, 20201 min read
First courgette in the ground...
They’ve even got their very own little greenhouses - just to help them settle in a bit, and in case there’s a cold night (our last frost...
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Kate
Apr 27, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Take part in No Mow May for Every Flower Counts
This year's No Mow May campaign is coming up: How about taking part in some citizen science by signing up to the Plantlife Every Flower...
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Kate
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Campion flowers!
The orchard doesn’t really have grass- it has herbaceous flowering plants, including lots of lovely red campion now out for the insects...
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Katy
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Time to jam!
The crumbles and cakes have been going down very well, but then we discovered monster rhubarb on the new vineyard plot! So it was time to...
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Kate
Apr 24, 20202 min read
How to Keep Your Cool: Links, resources and generally useful stuff...
There's been a lot of information in this set of posts. If you're inspired to improve the performance of your home all year round, these...
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