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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.

An overgrown meadow with a fence uphill and blue sky over

Surveying the wild meadow

Mon 10th Jun '24

After an early morning haircut, I went down to Wild Acres to meet with Mel and Diane to carry out a quadrat...

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Electric fencing corner in the middle of a field

Erecting the electric fence

Tue 4th Jun '24

The goats are arriving this weekend at Wild Acres, so today was a chance to put the electric fencing in place. It...

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Marking out the goat pen

Marking out the goat pen

Fri 31st May '24Sat 1st Jun '24

I headed down early to Wild Acres this morning. I was on my own, but wanted to finish off the perimeter section...

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Small orchard in the middle of a field, with building and woods in the background

Penning in the goats

Tue 21st May '24Wed 22nd May '24

We have two goats joining us soon at Wild Acres, who will help to graze the scrubby bottom part of the meadow....

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Sloping meadow with trees in the distance

Completing the plugs

Thu 9th May '24

I headed off early to Wild Acres and was there by 9am to make a start on the remainder of the wildflower...

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Two spades leaning against a table with a tray of plug plants on

Plugging the floodplain

Tue 7th May '24Thu 9th May '24

We took delivery of 500 floodplain wildflower plug plants at Wild Acres for the meadow restoration and today was the first opportunity...

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A teepee with the sticks in a cone but the tent wrapped only half way up

Teepee or not teepee?

Tue 30th Apr '24

Martin acquired a teepee for the meadow, so I had an unexpected introduction to the art of erecting them. I arrived a...

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Coppiced hazel on the left and a meadow on the right with a rough path in the middle

Cutting a woodland path

Tue 23rd Apr '24Wed 24th Apr '24

Three friends from other projects joined me today at Wild Acres to help with creating the woodland path along the bottom of...

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Booker with a small cleared path on the bank

Clearing a brook path

Tue 16th Apr '24Thu 18th Apr '24

After the last few weeks diversions at Wild Acres getting ready for the developing roots day, I got the chance to return...

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