July 2009


Lucy Clarke, a photography student doing a project on people & their eco houses came to photograph us on 10th May, and this is the result …

Not that our house is in the photo though!

Not that our house is in the photo though!

We were visited this weekend by a good friend, Simon Westcott, who in his past was a professional photo journalist.  He took some rather lovely photos of HHP that I thought I’d share …

Number 2 from across the lake

Number 2 from across the lake

The terrace from across the lake

The terrace from across the lake

From the roof of number 2

From the roof of number 2

Farmer Luke

Farmer Luke

The houses from the Sustainable Resource Centre (SRC)

The houses from the Sustainable Resource Centre (SRC)

Bridge, lake and houses

Bridge, lake and houses

Freezer time!

Today we harvested our first crop of broad beans, and after a lovely lunch of young broad beans with cream (from Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook – thoroughly recommended) it was time to start shelling beans big time and getting them in the freezer.

These are some mean beans ...

These are some mean beans ...