Beating the bounds & Crackington Haven

Beat the bounds of Our Estate this morning! Marie's mind whirring about where best to put the goats (delicious hedgerows but not the boggy bits - it's been torrential here recently, so we've got a good idea!), and what to do with the grass that's become too long to be good for the sheep, etc. I know the community's happy that someone with more farming experience has come, but also don't want her to feel too much pressure to take on too much, especially as she's going to be working full time for now. It's bigger and better than I remember, and what wonderful potential to build on the massive amount that others have already done - more food production, more sustainable businesses, more delightful and essential careful harnessing of this little bit of the earth.

And our first trip to and above the local beach of Crackington Haven as residents! It's an amazing place, and these photos are on a dull day at low tide with no fat sandy beach, and no surfers..

Love this first photo of happy us on the SW coastpath

Today was a community work day - although we excused ourselves from this to unpack (and do other nice bits as above..) I did have a chance to see what others were up to! Here's Kathy having planted her splendid herb garden (both culinary and medicinal) outside the communal farmhouse.










Oh, and we picked some particularly juicy sloes from the hedges of both Trelay and the coast path to add to our winter gin first berried in Gloucestershire.. At the top above some proudly goodlifed bread. Wonder how long that and the tidiness will last :)