Solar Dehydrator

I was speaking to a friend about saving a whole heap of energy by not using an electric hydratoror and maybe we could build one of these.

Teaching Zones & Sector Analysis

OK so I'd due to teach an 90 minute lesson on Zones & Sector Analysis. I need to get a lesson plan together and send this to Richard (my diploma tutor). Lesson planning the bane of my life. This on top of the deadline (Monday) fast approaching for project three output.

Lets see what I can rustle up.

Fast food

On a training day and lunch break arrives. While everyone's out looking for a bite to purchase, I've already tucked into a lovely home cooked garden grown spaghetti squash soup and a hot cup of green tea. Piping hot thanks to a drink and food flask, remember to pre heat these with boiling water before adding your hot food/ drink.

Now writing up this blog post, and off to Masjid to pray :)

Designing, implementation and managing the whole food cycles as I go through my Diploma.

No dig allotmenting, well only a little

This morning me and Zub dug out some heavy weight bramble roots, covered the area with cardboard, placed a 4ft by 8ft bed ontop (made with scaffolding boards). Then covered the cardboard with horse manure (4 wheel barrows), then many layers of newspaper and then topped with leaves.

Next steps include.
1. Start up plug plants at home
2. 18 day compost next week at allotment

Perma Veiwing

As part of my Diploma project to increase productivity I've changed my viewing habits to more educational programs. 


Below is a list of the shows I currently watch.


As of Dec 2011
River Cottage with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The Food Hospital 
Kevin's Grand Design

Explaining what we're doing at the allotment (East London Style)

My allotment buddy has been great. He picks me up at sunrise on each Sunday morning and off we set for a hard mornings graft at the allotment. He keeps asking me why we don't just do like all teh other plots. But after answering all his questions I think he's getting the it (lasagne gardening aka sheet mulching)

Here he is explaining it East London Style

The Morocco Olive Garden Project

I spent an hour with a friend from work who has an opportunity develop some land in Morocco. This meeting was a solid goals articulation meet, along with tasks set for him to do the same with his wife. Along with him summarising some agricultural reports from French to English for me.

Guess to do a real survey of the land I'll have to go visit. Sooo many projects so little time.