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Wild Acres

Wild Acres was a community food and art project that ran from lockdown until November 2024.  Each week a group of friends would gather at the site and work on the land.

At lunchtime, food was cooked from the polytunnel and everyone eating together was a big part of the experience.

A vegetable garden with sculptures and netting over the vegetables

AI and summer picnic

Tue 20th May '25Fri 23rd May '25

Busy day planned, starting with the quarterly meeting of the Discover Dursley group at the council. My main role was to present...

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The inside of a polytunnel with a variety of leafy vegetables growing in the ground

Lunch at Wild Acres

Tue 25th Mar '25Wed 26th Mar '25

It’s been quite a few months since I’ve been to Wild Acres, after it closed the doors last November. I bumped into...

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A metal firebowl with glowing white hot logs and a few flames

A Wild Acres Christmas dinner

Tue 17th Dec '24Wed 18th Dec '24

The regular activities at Wild Acres have decreased since the closing of the CIC a month or so ago, but today was...

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A freshly dug potato patch with garden forks upright in the mud and buckets to the left

Turning over potatoes

Tue 5th Nov '24

A grey start to the day at Wild Acres, but no rain forecast. Definitely needed a fleece today. I started the day...

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Two goats in a field with electric fencing and a horsebox as shelter

Strimming to the hedge edge

Tue 29th Oct '24Wed 30th Oct '24

Back at Wild Acres today and the winter land management is in full swing. Today I was mostly at the the of...

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Two goats in a meadow heading towards the camera

Tipping with rain

Tue 8th Oct '24

The weather signs weren’t looking good, even as I drove towards Wild Acres. Very heavy showers were punctuated by periods of light...

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A mown meadow with a teepee and totem pole in the middle

Meadow cutting and foraging

Tue 24th Sep '24Wed 25th Sep '24

A busy day ahead, starting with Wild Acres in the morning. The grassland has been mostly mown now, and the clippings removed...

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Freshly harvested vegetables in bowls on a stainless steel counter top

Harvesting fresh veg

Tue 17th Sep '24Fri 1st Nov '24

The harvest continues at Wild Acres as the cropped areas are bulging with produce. The team worked on the potato patch today...

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A sloped meadow with long grass and tent awnings just visible on the horizon

More grassland scything

Tue 10th Sep '24

This time of year at Wild Acres, the main task is to cut the grassland areas which have now dropped all the...

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