Dunbalen’s Mud Mother

Dunbalen’s Mud Mother

A Scottish permaculture homestead fairytale Words and art by Cori Birkin. Nestled in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands is a land where the wind pushes at you with otherworldly force. Living on this land requires a sturdy kind of rockiness akin to the mountainous...
Permaculture at farm scale

Permaculture at farm scale

Back in early spring, a WWOOF host in Shropshire was selected as the venue for a short but popular fully-funded course entitled “Permaculture at farm scale”. We think the contents would be interesting for WWOOF members so we’re publishing the notes...
Carbon Calling 2025

Carbon Calling 2025

By Rona Webster A Cumbrian conference Carbon Calling CIC is holding its fourth conference on Tuesday 24th to Thursday 26th June at Sleastonhow, Kirkby Thore and Cannerheugh Farm, both near Penrith, Cumbria. The conference is run and organised by farmers and features...
Sour cherries

Sour cherries

By Mr Fluttergrub As I write, the cherries are blossoming; I don’t have a lot, just two sweet cherries and four sour types. None are large trees, all are grown in ‘restricted’ form, that is, kept to a compact size by training and pruning. The form I use is the fan,...
Classified ads – Beltane ’25

Classified ads – Beltane ’25

Welcome to the WWOOF UK classified ads section; the place to discover new job vacancies, courses, training, festivals and other exciting offerings. Do you have an event or opportunity you’d like to share here? If so, we’d love to help you promote it....