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Archive for October, 2013
Well, here we go again. The wonderful Facebook site 1001 pallets has come up with a another set of super examples of how you can usefully up cycle wooden pallets into garden objects or features (plus a couple of other recycling examples from different sites).
First furniture…
Next planters…
Finally, the weird and wonderful!
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How to dismantle a wooden pallet
Even more pallet projects
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Recycling in the Garden: widening the net
Even more Pallet Power
Pallet Projects – more creative ideas
Polished Primary Pallet Planters
Pallets Plus – more examples of recycled wood in the garden
Pallet Power- the sequel
Pallet Power
Raised beds on the cheap
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The clocks are being turned back at Haveringland Church this Harvest. Thanks to vintage farm equipment and enthusiast Graham Kirk from Aylsham we will be re-creating a traditional harvest using his binding machine.
Graham earlier in the year planted his ‘Historic wheat’ around the Church and hoped for good weather. At first nothing happened, but thanks to our wonderful summer the wheat which is a variety used from around 1600, is now perfect for harvesting.
The Vintage Harvest will give 21st century consumers an insight into how harvests were very much a community event before the introduction of combine harvesters. It will be a great opportunity to re-connect with our rural heritage. Friends from Aylsham Town Band will assist with playing some harvest hymns and a short service will include harvest blessing and of course the hymn ‘We Plough the Fields and Scatter.’
Haveringland Church stands at the end of the old Swannington World War II runway. There is a memorial stone dedicated to the service men who flew from the base at the entrance of the Church.
The modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall.
Revd Andrew Beane, Vicar of Aylsham said “This is a wonderful opportunity to see history come alive and realize why the end of the harvest was truly a time to celebrate! Life through the winter depended on a good harvest. We now so often forget the absolute dependence on the land that our great grandparents generation knew, and which so many people around the world still experience. We are so grateful to Graham who has cared for the crop throughout the year to make this special event possible.”
The Vintage Harvest is free to all and anyone is welcome to come along. It would be wonderful to see young and old together sharing in what was once a common event all around rural Norfolk. Why not bring a picnic and join us!
Sunday 6th October, 2.30pm – Haveringland Parish Church
Haveringland Church can be found by following the brown Church signs off the B1149
WEATHER PERMITTING – FREE EVENT – PARKING AVAILABLE – REFRESHMENTS
Related article: The Church in the Fields
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It’s raining frogs and toads during our visit to Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park. They are everywhere – carpeting the forest floor and playing hide and seek in the shallow water along the lake shore. Some are getting an up close and personal experience with our kids. The ministrations of love and affection are sweet to hear but undoubtedly terrifying for the amphibian class (do they have ears our kids want to know?).
We’re far from the city with nothing but flimsy nylon fabric between us and a heavenly night sky. The stars spill across the dark, a swirl of light, a timeless dance of now.
One of the many beauties here is that the days are unhurried and filled with simple pleasures. For the kids it’s pretty much eat, sleep, play, explore. And, at almost each and every step, there is so much to discover – acorns, leaves, chipmunks…
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