The hemcrete is shoveled in between shutters. Once dry the external shutter will be removed to allow the hemcrete to breath. Today we built our Hemp wall, and boy were we excited! It has been a long time coming. It is…
Happy Hemp!
Author: Charlotte Hollins
Hedge planting in the picnic area
A Big Cheer for all the families that came to Fordhall on Saturday to help us plant a hedge in the picnic area.Inspite of the recent sunshine the day was cold and grey but that did’nt stop 20 families from…
Timber construction everywhere!
WOW, everything is coming on at speed at Fordhall. Last weekend lots of wonderful volunteers helped us to re-erect our yurts.Bex organised a good clean and some well needed tlc, before our yurts were erected in the fields, with a beautiful view…
..And hemp insulation too!
Looking towards our farm shop entrance, these british stone plinths will hold our oak canopy. The renovation of our old dairy building at Fordhall continues to progress. Earlier this week saw the foundations for our oak green roof canopy go…
The yurts are on the move..
Our yurts have been in desperate need of repair for some time. As we approach the end of our building project our focus moves towards creating a car park space and improving the remaining infrastructure on the farm. As a…
Insulation at Fordhall – a first!
This week has seen insulation enter our old drafty farm building. Already, even without windows, it feels warmer than our thin steel portacabin! Trying to be as environmentally friendly as possible, we are using a natural welsh sheeps wool in…
Scaffolding is down on the Old Dairy
As the tiles cover the whole of our Old Dairy roof at Fordhall, the beauty of the building again shines through. Most of the scaffolding is now down and the lovely circular brick window that was previously blocked up has…
Fordhall has a fun working weekend!
What a great weekend, lots of new faces and many returning faces came to help us on a very pleasant (for February!) volunteer working weekend at Fordhall Farm. We made bridges, human photo frames (well planters for the car park really!) and…
The sky is the limit!
More photos from the building as we get close to being water tight. The conservation roof lights went in yesterday and the structure around the dorma windows is being worked on today. Even Ben is getting excited now. He has been working…
Fordhall Farm in the Guardian!
Take a look at Guardian Rural Social Enterprise Article by clicking this link or pick up a copy today! Great publicity for Fordhall Go Social Enterprise – whoop whoop! http://archive24.fordhallfarm.com