Calling in the soil doctor at The Big Raise
One of the first things we did after buying The Big Raise was to commission a land analysis from...
Towards a permaculture energy strategy
Our future goal is to use wood from our six hectares as our primary fuel source but we’re a couple...
Upgrading the main house starting with the ground floor
We bought The Big Raise at the start of July 2017 and spent most of a very happy first summer...

The plastics crisis is more urgent than you know
A deposit scheme for plastic bottles won’t make a scrap of difference. This stuff is in our food,...
State of the Global Climate 2017 — World Meteorological Organization report
The very active North Atlantic hurricane season, major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent,...
France’s bird population crashes by a third in 15 years
Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a...

S is for Soil Analysis
One of the first things we did after buying The Big Raise was to commission a soil analysis from...
S is for Sleep
If you want a longer, happier, healthier life, and if you want to be slimmer, more attractive and...
J is for Jet Stream
The jet stream — a powerful river of wind high in the atmosphere — shapes the Northern...
