Winter Busy-ness – and watch out, the yurts are landing!
18/01/11 12:28
Today I noticed a real peak of creativity; amongst my friends, certainly in me and in the wider world – a feeling of a surge of energy..
We have been busy on the farm over the Winter – gone are the people and that heady mix of relaxation and harvest and abundance, in with the mud, the horizontal rain and the numerous winter jobs to be done. The ewes are now back on Dartmoor to lamb and their young will return once the grass has rested a bit.
This season we've done a load of hedge work, I say we, rather, a contractor.. the hedge lines badly needed attending to, they probably hadn't been touched in 50-odd years. Nevertheless the effect was... arresting. It looked so drastic, and perhaps it was... it put us all in a bit of a lather about issues of cost/sustainability/conservation as we swam the slippery scale of these factors. For my part, I do my best with the given resources, and sometimes some are scant and others are plenty – resources, that is.
I look forward to planting some whips into the gaps and to the gradual fluffing out of the landscape as we head into Spring, which provides much welcome return on the grey and soggy days of a Devon winter.
Preview Prices
Battling through the mud has been one thing, but battling through the mud trying also to continue on with the infrastructure that the Haven Meadows Yurt Camping venture requires come Spring is another thing. Now, by mid January, we are turning our heads toward the April opening with increased ardour, it's a stirring seed still but the shoot and flower won't take long. Time to prepare! As well as the practicalities of it we have been busy marketing and administrating.
We have made a decision to take a good third off our first year's prices as a gesture of invitation and goodwill, these are our preview prices for 2011 so take a look on our website and check out our 'introductory offers'! (Couldn't resist a flashing graphic).
This business will have at its core a real dedication to a long term vision as well as an offering of service to those who come to stay. The intention continues to be to do everything in the spirit of love, dedication and abundance, both within our business dealings as partners and toward the wider circle of customers.
So, in amongst the festivities, the pounds gained, familial bliss, stolen purses, life changes, muddy paths, fragile hearts and horizontal rain we wish you a joy filled Imbolc (February 2nd) and the blessings of mother earth's bounty to all. May we flourish in our own way and look forward to this first Spring festival.
If you wish to subscribe to the Haven Meadows Yurt Camp newsletter please click here.
Love, Steph
with Monica and Rina
x x x
We have been busy on the farm over the Winter – gone are the people and that heady mix of relaxation and harvest and abundance, in with the mud, the horizontal rain and the numerous winter jobs to be done. The ewes are now back on Dartmoor to lamb and their young will return once the grass has rested a bit.
This season we've done a load of hedge work, I say we, rather, a contractor.. the hedge lines badly needed attending to, they probably hadn't been touched in 50-odd years. Nevertheless the effect was... arresting. It looked so drastic, and perhaps it was... it put us all in a bit of a lather about issues of cost/sustainability/conservation as we swam the slippery scale of these factors. For my part, I do my best with the given resources, and sometimes some are scant and others are plenty – resources, that is.
I look forward to planting some whips into the gaps and to the gradual fluffing out of the landscape as we head into Spring, which provides much welcome return on the grey and soggy days of a Devon winter.
Preview Prices
Battling through the mud has been one thing, but battling through the mud trying also to continue on with the infrastructure that the Haven Meadows Yurt Camping venture requires come Spring is another thing. Now, by mid January, we are turning our heads toward the April opening with increased ardour, it's a stirring seed still but the shoot and flower won't take long. Time to prepare! As well as the practicalities of it we have been busy marketing and administrating.
We have made a decision to take a good third off our first year's prices as a gesture of invitation and goodwill, these are our preview prices for 2011 so take a look on our website and check out our 'introductory offers'! (Couldn't resist a flashing graphic).
This business will have at its core a real dedication to a long term vision as well as an offering of service to those who come to stay. The intention continues to be to do everything in the spirit of love, dedication and abundance, both within our business dealings as partners and toward the wider circle of customers.
So, in amongst the festivities, the pounds gained, familial bliss, stolen purses, life changes, muddy paths, fragile hearts and horizontal rain we wish you a joy filled Imbolc (February 2nd) and the blessings of mother earth's bounty to all. May we flourish in our own way and look forward to this first Spring festival.
If you wish to subscribe to the Haven Meadows Yurt Camp newsletter please click here.
Love, Steph
with Monica and Rina
x x x