News – Say it with Wood

Open day – March 2nd

Come and join us for our OPEN DAY Saturday 2nd March 2024. Pop in for demonstrations and tours 10am-4pm. Pizza 4-6pm and live music from 6pm.

Hardwood chip is now available

We have started chipping our hardwood timber offcuts, and therefore we have some lovely long-lasting chip available. It is ideal for paths, mulching and other garden or farm applications. Prices start from £30 plus vat for a builders dumpy bag and up to £130 for 2.6 cubic metres – a…

One way we source our sustainable timber

We were asked to help manage a farm woodland with signs of Ash dieback. The farm has diversified into a glamping enterprise in the woods, so maintaining the canopy cover is important. We will be thinning the Ash over a few years to avoid disruption, identifying healthy female Ash to…

Survival at home – Say it with Wood stylie….

Being at home over the lock-down period in a time of national emergency means that Laura has gone full pelt into the survival mechanism she knows best …..Grow Grow Grow! If you have a garden and want to knuckle down to some productive exercise and help feed your family fresh…

No-Dig bed update!

OK folks we have a casualty. I was concentrating too much on cabbages and this happened… No joking – this is an African Violet of great sentimental value. It used to belong to a lady, now passed away, who I used to garden for and became very fond of. I…

Rails the way!

Careful precautions were taken in early May to protect the potatoes and salads with fleece against frost in my garden. If you got caught out and the frost burnt your potato leaves, the likelihood is they’ll be ok, if not a little set back. Watch for new shoots appearing under…

How can we serve our plants better?

OK folks, now I get pretty excited when I come across a scene like this! At Say it with Wood a good part of the year rotates around the shows we attend. I took this picture at the Malvern Autumn Show last year. I can sum it up simply with…

One more and that’s shallot (for now)….

We’ve all been guilty of grabbing a bag of shallots or onion sets and letting them languish in the potting shed or greenhouse. It’s not too late to get your shallots in if you haven’t got round to it yet. Plant your shallots in a block pattern with 20cm between…

Melcourt Sylvamix Natural compost

What do we all like? A good recommendation! When I was looking for a compost to grow our vegetables and edibles in I was delighted when I got one. Our Jane, who does all the SIWW timber movements, payments and event organising, uses Melcourt Sylvamix composts. Jane is incredibly keen…

Taters! – How to grow potatoes.

We planted our first early tatties in March but now it’s time to get the maincrop in. Some of our favourite potato varieties are the first and second earlies such as ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Foremost’. Seriously, I can almost taste them now! There are lots of different ways of growing potatoes…

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