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Nines – Crop Circle 2
Firewriting Album Art We do like doing something a bit different and hosting a large scale art project is always of interest especially when it means working with really nice people. A break in a week of appalling March weather allowed the team from Glacial Art to create something amazing for their client; a 50m…
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Lancashire Woodturners Meeting
The inaugural meeting of Lancashire Woodturners went well with more people than expected turning up to the meeting held at Ulnes Walton Village Hall. Chris and Richard did a meet and greet and pointed out the brew making facilities before outlining their thoughts on what the club might look like, the format of meetings and…
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LADS farm study 2018
I’ve just come back from a few days away on a Farmer Study Tour to Mannheim, Germany, with the Liverpool Agricultural Discussion Society (LADS). Lets get the well deserved credits at the top of the page: Antony Ollerton (LADS), Colin Mountford-Smith (BASF) and Cornthwaites (John Deere) for organising the event and BASF for putting in…
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Harvest Wreath Success!
First prize at the Hesketh Bank Village Show for my ‘Harvest Circle’ creation. I’ve never done any flower arranging before but I couldn’t miss out on the chance to include logs, pumpkins and wreaths so very pleased with coming first! Slices of our home grown Silver Birch made up the base with a simple squash…
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Event Props: Achtung Minen Sign
A request for a wooden Achtung Minen sign for use as a prop at an event is not an every day request but I have learnt it never to be wise to be asking too many questions. Whilst waiting for it to be collected it has been pressed into active service sending a not so…
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Log Trailer Arrives
Our long awaited low ground pressure log trailer has finally arrived! For use behind a compact tractor or ATV it should be just the job for extracting logs and brash without making a mess.
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Gathering Giant Pumpkins
On fields eerily shrouded in mist, the 2016 Giant Pumpkin harvest has begun. All the giant pumpkins that have not been sold in advance will be listed for sale on www.bigpumpkins.co.uk/pumpkins-for-sale/
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Painting Baby Pumpkins
I don’t suppose many people will actually need a tutorial in how to paint a pumpkin for Halloween but it might be of interest to see the finish achieved using Annie Sloan Chalk paint. The little pumpkins are available from our pumpkin farm shop www.BigPumpkins.co.uk I selected the Annie Sloan ‘Graphite’ chalk paint as I wanted…
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Busy day in the sun
A very busy day making the most of the sunshine to get caught up with all the field and footpath mowing but the highlight was cutting our first pumpkins of the season. It usually gets to September before the PR people remember to think about Halloween but quite a few have been making enquiries already. The…
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Rustic Chopping & Serving Boards
The past few days have taken place in a large cloud of sawdust as we try and catch up on a few bespoke orders for BIG chunky chopping boards. Thick milled planks are cut to best make use of their individual natural grain patterns. All boards are marked out by hand and consequently no two boards…