Join us on Wednesday 16th April and learn how to build a small rocket stove using clay, sand, straw and up-cycled materials! #HappierOutdoors2025 Date Wednesday 16th AprilTime 12.00 – 16.30pmSuggested Donation £5.00Sign-up Email meadoworchardproject@gmail.com for details What is a rocket stove? A Rocket Stove is an extremely efficient and clean-burning wood stove. It utilizes a tall flueContinue reading “Rocket Stove Workshop – Wednesday 16th April”
Category Archives: Projects
Sustainable-Building – 28th & 29th June
We are planning to finish off the top of the curtain wall in our Roundhouse the weekend of 28th/29th June. Date & Time Saturday 28th &Sunday 29th June 10.00am – 4.00pm The section of wall above the ring beam features some glass bottle bricks and other areas are just cob and bottle infill, we areContinue reading “Sustainable-Building – 28th & 29th June”
Rocket Stoves: Efficient and Eco-Friendly
A Rocket Stove is an extremely efficient and clean-burning wood stove. It utilizes a tall flue or heat riser that generates a strong draft, ensuring that most of the wood gas, smoke, and particulate matter produced during combustion are burned within the chimney or heat riser itself. The stoves can also be built from aContinue reading “Rocket Stoves: Efficient and Eco-Friendly”
Eco-Building @MOP
We are planning a great programme of events at Meadow Orchard for 2025! We recently built a small COB Rocket Stove and would love to offer this as an activity for our volunteers and visitors. The skills learnt from these activities include, using a shave horse and riving brake, building from green and reclaimed timber,Continue reading “Eco-Building @MOP”
Exciting Volunteer Projects: Get Involved & Support Us
Welcome to the MOP Projects page! Here, you’ll find a collection of exciting and creative projects made by our talented volunteers at Meadow Orchard Project (MOP). These projects range from birdboxes and batboxes to biochar retorts, portable pole lathes, and fun activities like the Pinecar Derby Racers. If you’ve enjoyed building any of these projects, we encourage you to make a donation to support the ongoing efforts of MOP. Your contributions help us continue to create meaningful work for our community and the environment.
Feel free to download our plans, get crafting, and share your finished projects with us at meadoworchardproject@gmail.com. Whether you’re creating a simple birdbox or learning new woodworking skills with our green woodworking projects, there’s something for everyone. By contributing to MOP, you’re supporting not only our educational programmes but also our commitment to sustainability and conservation.
Garden Planning Workshop
Drop in Garden Planning Workshop – Saturday 19th October – 12.00-4.00pm The Proposal In February, following an in-person garden planning meeting, we posted our plans to redevelop the grow space around the Polytunnel. There were a number of reasons for this project, initially to help cultivate the soil, improve drainage and water retention, break upContinue reading “Garden Planning Workshop”
Composting loo
Update (5/10/24) Our composting toilet is now back in use (5th October 2024). One wheelie bin has been upgraded with drainage, a sub-floor, aeration, and a secure lid. In the spring, we will convert another couple of donated wheeliebins. They can then be used with the composting loo. How to use the loo The toiletContinue reading “Composting loo”
Garden Project Plan
Current ProposalPlease find attached below our current proposal to re-develop the Food Growing or Kitchen Garden Area of the Meadow Orchard Community Garden. Our PlansThe Plan is available to view online as a webpage or download as a PDF. The proposal is a working document and has some great links to our planting schedule, plantingContinue reading “Garden Project Plan”
Green woodworking @MOP
Traditional skillsGreen woodworking is a traditional method of woodworking where freshly cut, or “green,” wood is used, that is wood that hasn’t been kiln-dried or “seasoned”. Green woodworking mainly relies on using hand tools and traditional techniques to work the wood while it is still in its green state, unlike traditional carpentry or joinery whereContinue reading “Green woodworking @MOP”
Garden Plans
Current Plans We are currently redeveloping the food growing area of raised beds around the polytunnel. The site has looked a little like a construction site over the winter as our volunteers carried out this heavy work, preparing new scaffold board raised beds and installing hugelbeds. Former usageThe history of the site is quite variedContinue reading “Garden Plans”
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