Life in the forest
Latest addition : Thursday 14 February 2008.This section's articles
The forest in images
History of our garden in Quicoharn
Wednesday 30 January 2008
by María Andrés
Everything started five years ago, when we left the wonderful but crowded Edimburgh city looking for a quieter place to live.
We finished our trip in Baden, a calm village sited in the Golfe of Morbihan. As a neighbour says, one of the most beautiful places in the world.
The canicule of 2003 was at its strongest. Thus, we installed ourselves between the trees, in the north side of a private field, well protected from the burning sun.
The idea of creating a garden came spontaneously. (...)
Everything started five years ago, when we left the wonderful but crowded Edimburgh city looking for a quieter place to live.
We finished our trip in Baden, a calm village sited in the Golfe of Morbihan. As a neighbour says, one of the most beautiful places in the world.
The canicule of 2003 was at its strongest. Thus, we installed ourselves between the trees, in the north side of a private field, well protected from the burning sun.
The idea of creating a garden came spontaneously. (...)
It’s cold!
Tuesday 21 March 2006
by María Andrés
How to build an ecological house without spending too much money.
How to build an ecological house without spending too much money.
Creating an area to cultivate.
Monday 20 February 2006
by María Andrés
When the forest was abandonned more than ten years ago, the brambles started growing freely in the meadow until it got completely covered by this plant.
Most of the vegetals we like to it need a good sunny exposition, a requisite difficult to get in a forest. Then, it was neccesary to clear up the meadow in order to get an optimal space to cultivate edible plants.
By the time we started working, the brambles covered an extension of around an hectare. Everybody recomended us to rent a (...)
When the forest was abandonned more than ten years ago, the brambles started growing freely in the meadow until it got completely covered by this plant.
Most of the vegetals we like to it need a good sunny exposition, a requisite difficult to get in a forest. Then, it was neccesary to clear up the meadow in order to get an optimal space to cultivate edible plants.
By the time we started working, the brambles covered an extension of around an hectare. Everybody recomended us to rent a (...)
The beginning
Thursday 2 February 2006
by María Andrés
Description of the first contacts with the forest,the steps to get it and our main goals to maintain it.
Description of the first contacts with the forest,the steps to get it and our main goals to maintain it.
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Rustic furniture
Latest addition : Tuesday 21 March 2006.
In this section, you will find some of the furniture I build. Stools, chairs, benches and tables, for indoors as well as outdoors, in a unimitable rustic style.
All the wood comes from (...)
All the wood comes from (...)
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