There is no better therapy for bodily pain and discomfort than creative working in wood. During winter months I try to spend 2 or 3 hours each day in the w...

A book reuniting some of the doggerel I wrote. Just what is it about verse that allows so much meaning with so few words?The time has come to make a start an...

For those who may be interested, my autobiography is now available from Amazon.co.uk. It's the personal story of my quest for answers. This is a brief...

It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the coming week. On the s...

Here an example of one, find many more below! One great outcome from this year's summer course has been the production (by Tom and Ariane from Brittany) of a...

My campaign to re-introduce the traditional scythe for controlling grassland and weeds has resulted in sale of 5 new scythes this year. I make these scyth...

In 2014 our courses moved to the beautiful coast of north Northumberland where we have begun the renovation of a fine old Victorian kitchen garden. The re...

I first met John Seymour back in 1991 at a dinner party in London held by a mutual friend John Papworth. I was very much looking forward to meeting John as I...