Category Archives: Doing the minimum

sensitive co-creativity

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

Nature invigorates, sustains, rejuvenates the forest garden, the forest gardener is there to see and to experience and then to react in as sensitive a way as they can.  My partner and I don’t (unfortunately) live here in Wales all … Continue reading →

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Masanobu Fukuoka – an appreciation

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Masanobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008) was a Japanese farmer who dedicated his life to finding a natural way of farming, looking always for simplicity and for tasks he could leave not done.  His life’s work was to develop a way … Continue reading →

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untidy-ing-up

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

In time – after watching and waiting – comes doing the minimum. The weather has been far warmer than ‘normal’ for February – last weekend was warm, sunny, sparkling spring like weather – the kind of days we would perhaps … Continue reading →

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