willow – Ling's Meadow Camping https://lingsmeadow.co.uk Eco Camping & Glamping in Suffolk Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:24:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://lingsmeadow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/lings_meadow_logo_revC1.circ_.trans_.sm_-150x150.png willow – Ling's Meadow Camping https://lingsmeadow.co.uk 32 32 Basketry course – 24th June 2017 https://lingsmeadow.co.uk/2017/03/03/basketrycourse2017/ Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:24:00 +0000 https://static.247.66.42.77.clients.your-server.de/2017/03/03/basketrycourse2017/ Read more]]> We are very excited to announce that local basket maker, Karen Lawrence, will be leading a basketry course at Ling’s Meadow on Saturday 24th June. Come and join us and make a beautiful willow bird feeder. The feeder holds several fat balls and is ideal for hanging in your garden. Learn several different weaves, a simple border and a simple handle. We will be outdoors (but with shelter if we…

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]]> Post and rail fence Ling’s Meadow style https://lingsmeadow.co.uk/2017/01/26/post-rail-fencing-lings-meadow-style/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:10:46 +0000 https://static.247.66.42.77.clients.your-server.de/2017/01/26/post-rail-fencing-lings-meadow-style/ Read more]]> Yesterday I decided that I would no longer walk past the dead willow fedge and sigh in a defeatist manner. Ever since it gave up the ghost a couple of years ago, the fedge has slowly become weaker and weaker as the willow dried out. Neither we, nor Graham who planted it, have ever quite worked out what went wrong. Every time we mention it to anyone, the response is always…

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]]> Dead hedging – a philosophical journey https://lingsmeadow.co.uk/2016/02/26/dead-hedging-a-philosophical-journey/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:06:37 +0000 https://static.247.66.42.77.clients.your-server.de/2016/02/26/dead-hedging-a-philosophical-journey/ Read more]]> Sometimes, although it is painful and frustrating, you just have to admit defeat. Back in March 2013, when the campsite was nought but a set-aside agricultural field, we commissioned a willow fedge to run along the edge of the meadow. It was a symbolic moment for us as it marked the first step towards our dream project. Admittedly we were planting right at the end of willow planting season…

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]]> First signs of spring at Ling’s Meadow! https://lingsmeadow.co.uk/2013/04/04/first-signs-of-spring-at-lings-meadow/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:03:40 +0000 https://static.247.66.42.77.clients.your-server.de/2013/04/04/first-signs-of-spring-at-lings-meadow/ Read more]]> It is yet again a typically dreary spring day but we still have smiles on our faces because yes… at last…finally… we have ceremonially (and literally) cut the first turf on Ling’s Meadow! We have been busy beavering away behind the scenes, cutting red tape and building a virtual on-line world for our campsite, for many months but now it is time to cock a snook at the weather and start to…

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