Author Archives: andrewwedmore

The hop press

Posted on July 4, 2011 by andrewwedmore

Upstairs in the oast is some built-in machinery which we have reliably identified as a hop-press – used to compress the hops into sacks, known as “pockets” . I assume that one would have turned the hand-wheel; a ratchet can … Continue reading →

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The snake

Posted on July 4, 2011 by andrewwedmore

I found this snake at the bottom of a stone wall near the back pond. In the first photo you can see its head quite clearly and its body elsewhere in the picture. In the second one you can see … Continue reading →

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Immersion heaters

Posted on June 24, 2011 by andrewwedmore

Background story. This thread of the story starts when we bought a woodburning stove from Mr Roger Kirk of Individual Fires and Stoves, back in late 2009.  It was one of the very first things we did, and it was … Continue reading →

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Making our own electricity

Posted on May 5, 2011 by andrewwedmore

The mounting frames are the Schüco MSE 210 ground mounting system.  I have got three sets of this; each set will take 8 of my panels, which makes the decision to have 17 panels look wildly eccentric – but there … Continue reading →

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Wedmore’s wood

Posted on March 14, 2011 by andrewwedmore

As mentioned before, the excellent people at Woodland Trust subsidised the planting of 900 trees here under their MoreWoods scheme. I promised that I would upload a photo of the planted trees and at last I have got round to … Continue reading →

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Woodland grants

Posted on November 22, 2010 by andrewwedmore

The nice people at Woodland Trust are going to give me 900 trees, planting tubes and stakes, to establish a woodland here. So before I turn 70 we should be self-sufficient in firewood! We have to contribute £400 to the … Continue reading →

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Skips

Posted on April 16, 2010 by andrewwedmore

We now have three skips on site: one for scrap metal, one for tyres, and one for general rubbish.  The metal one is undersized.  2 metre sheets of corrugated iron (of which I have quite a few) won’t lie flat … Continue reading →

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Cold

Posted on January 3, 2010 by andrewwedmore

We moved into Hunters Farm at the end of October. Currently our only source of electricity is our diesel generator.  We run this all day, turning it off last thing at night.  My first job in the morning is to … Continue reading →

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Woodland planting grants

Posted on June 3, 2009 by andrewwedmore

One of the things we will most definitely be doing at Hunters Farm is to plant some trees. I envisage enough coppice woodland to provide a yearly crop that will meet all our heating needs. Not sure how big an … Continue reading →

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The Hunters Farm blog

Posted on May 4, 2009 by andrewwedmore

Welcome to the Hunters Farm blog, and my very first post in the blog. Hunters Farm is a small estate of approximately 25 acres, near Brightling in East Sussex. It will be lived in by me, my wife Caroline, and … Continue reading →

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