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For many spindle was a novel revelation, first time seen here in the wood - we were spindle virgins. Useful for making charcoalLatin Euonymus europaeus - Lots of engineered garden varieties one with crimson leavesNature walks as a child, loved the shocking pinkNever heard of it until last week. Used to make toothpicks and clothes… Continue reading Elders Week 8 – Spindle

Two Samhain poems shared by Nicky and Leslie: when the crack between space and timetime to drive dream and vision..I am tomorrows ancesters, the future of yesterday We shared our Chestnut knowledge, and added a memory of our grandparents. My grandmother made the best bacon and eggsThe bucket of sweet fat chestnuts I collected were… Continue reading Elders Week 7 – Chestnuts, sweet and horse

POle Lathe expert David Yule <davidcharlesyule@gmail.com> to nothinglikewood, me Hi Rachel, I am based in Maulden Woods in Bedfordshire.  I have been running spoon carving workshops for a number of years and in the last two years have added shrink pot making and letter carving day courses to what I offer.  When it comes to… Continue reading Elders Funding 2024

Our plentiful Elders met in celebration of Apple day with all things apple-ly filling our minds and hearts with a joyful meander through ancient times and Greek mythology to the modern day with quantum physics of the universe & Apple and Atari computers! We were treated to original, juice-filled performance poetry, shared memories of our… Continue reading Elders week 6 – Apples

Another wonderful week for our elders in Kali wood. Our first rainy day of the season but we dug out our coats and boots and drove through puddles and floods. Nothing’s gonna stop us! We started and finished with the Owl and the Pussy cat dining on mince and slices of quince! Is this the… Continue reading Elders week 5 – quince

'There's no business like Sloe businessI know, there's no people like sloe peopleThey smile when they are lowLet's get on with the Sloes https://videopress.com/v/Dx0s3pbr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I dug out a bottle of slow gin that I hadn't drunk last year, began Nicky to welcome us to the sloe day. Flowers are a laxitive and berries and bark… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 4 – Sloe

We gathered once again under the trees in Kaliwood with Haws and the Hawthorn tree our inspiration for the day. We missed some folk but others returned after illness & trips abroad, a mix of the vintage and new Elder’s and welcome, fortuitous guests! So, what did we come to know? We’ve passed through the… Continue reading Elders in the woods – Week 3 – Haws

Rosehip, jewels in the hedgerow, was our theme, and while we meandered through the wood, we made Rosehip syrup, a drink from many of our childhoods, and drank it with pleasure. Here's our hive mind on Rosehips: Dogs like rosehips Like jewels In the war it was revealed that they were 20 times more vitamin… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 2 – Rosehip

Led by Nicky, we began with a silence, listening to bird song, the still warm autumn sun coming through our parachute, a scent of fresh wood sap from the fire. We gathered. Some vintage (some vintage vintage) and some new, around the circle. There were 27 of us! Nicky reminded us of the turning of… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 1