We have now been living on the land for 8 months and have come a really long way due to the help of volunteers, we have collated a selection of photos from the summer of 2017 for those of you who dont keep up with what we are doing on facebook
Daily fresh food from the kithen, volunteers learn how to cook healthy food from scratchOne of the group of volunteers this summerWe cleared some trees for our fire break and turned it into a shade house for our reforestation effortsHarvesting tomatoes in the gardenWe have cats, dogs goats, sheep, ducks and chickens for petsHarvesting potatoes for our own organic foodEating inside the community houseA group of volunteers during the summer in the courtyard of the community houseThe courtyartThe yoga deckDaily fresh harvest, we have to collect our food every day from the gardenWe have yoga at least once every day, always different stylesEvery week we go on a trip together, this photo is from a trip to a lake on a hot daySarah arting up the bathroomCutting fire wood for our hot showersEvery other week we have a pizza night, where we cook and make pizza together in the old stone pizza ovenSometimes we provide acro yoga classesAcro Yoga, anyone can do it.These two lovely ladies built our greenhouseMaking a super solid washing line for everyone to hang their clothesCuddles with our dog jetRelaxing on the sofa outside in the courtyardHaving fun cooking in the kitchenHarvesting carrotsSinging circle in the chillout roomBuilding a roof together for the straw bale houseVolunteers collected vegetables and seeds and helped separated them for cookingBuilding a strawbale hhouseGroup of volunteers who are working on the strawbale houseAcro yoga fun on the yoga deckPlastering the strawbale house with clayWe don’t only eat greens, today was chocolate mousse day
Click here from some photos to see what volunteers were doing at the start of 2017 when we just bought the land
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