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Despite some cold spells during winter at Woodmill, work continued with traditional crafts and activities: Hazel coppiced from a neighbour at Hadley End was used for hurdles. As planned the poly-tunnel was an asset for early sowings and projects during wet spells. It was also used in February as part of the practical for the… Continue reading Forest Harvest 2023

Despite some cold spells during winter at Woodmill, work continued with traditional crafts and activities: Hazel coppiced from a neighbour at Hadley End was used for hurdles. As planned the poly-tunnel was an asset for early sowings and projects during wet spells. It was also used in February as part of the practical for the… Continue reading Forest Harvest Early 2023

Being awarded a Community Lottery Grant Forest Harvest has been able to finance an accessible staircase. This enabled us to run courses upstairs in bad weather as well as welcoming new groups. Two new groups also used upstairs, the Wolverhampton University in July for a workshop on forest gardening; East Staffordshire Green Party in August… Continue reading Forest Harvest 2022

During the year Forest Harvest continued to further the charities objects by running courses; opening the Woodmill site to visitors; organising talks; designing community gardens and renting the site for other organisations to run their workshops. These were financed through course fees; donations; grants; and product sales. • Courses – Three courses this year were… Continue reading Forest Harvest 2021

After the last workshop in 2019 to make plastic free seasonal decorations no more workshops were run in the financial year. Due to the Government recommendations to combat the Covid 19 pandemic the courses and the Open Days for 2020 were first delayed and then cancelled. The winter maintenance programme to prepare the site for… Continue reading Forest Harvest 2020

Last year saw more exciting projects and seedling developments @Forestharvest. Research At The Mill and this year at our offspring Community garden, Dovehouse, we are continuing to experiment with Perennial edibles and ‘No Dig methods’, fuelled by our visit to Nottingham to hear Charles Dowding and our own research into the work of Anni Kelsey,… Continue reading The Last Year at Forest Harvest

Plans have been submitted to the Council to continue Forest Harvest’s work at Woodmill. It’s hard to imagine the mud and flooded areas in April now, as the clay is rock hard and grass parched. Fred has joined us on Mondays for his D of E community work. He is going to help build a… Continue reading August 2018

Work was focussed mainly at Dovehouse during July to prepare for ‘Bloom’. The Horsetail Equisetum arvense had caused the previous allotmenteers to abandon the site but the new residents are made of sterner stuff and we have been demonstrating the beneficial benefits of this ‘living fossil’. Nick prepared a tea for BBC ‘Britain in Bloom’… Continue reading July 2018

June was a busy and exciting month for Forest Harvest. At Woodmill everything was looking beautiful, the pond, only just a year old, thriving and bursting with life, the trees and shrubs looking bountiful and the new framework ready for the next stages of the clay ovens. Shropshire Organic Gardeners (SOGS) had an enjoyable morning… Continue reading June 2018

Finally Spring has arrived in a huge rush, the pond is buzzing, literally, the bees love the shallow clay edges for drinking and we have masses of tadpoles too. The woods are full of Forget me nots, Campion and Hawthorn, which looks stunning, as do the trees of course, especially the walnuts and the birches.… Continue reading May 2018