Field with a View Winchester

18/08/2024

All around us the fields have been harvested.
Today we have cut the grass and are picking up the cuttings getting ready for our Carfest friends to turn up later in the week.
We will be setting up camp and have a lovely chilled base to return to each night after an action packed day at Carfest South .
See you soon


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14/08/2024

Combine Rollin!
Being surrounded by arable farmland we get to see the seasons pass, fields planted and harvested.
The wheat across was harvested yesterday, in a race with mother nature and the rain forecast for this morning.
Fascinating watching the Combine munch it's way through the standing crop, saving the grain and blasting out the debris.
Then the grain is transferred from the hopper at the top of the Combine harvester through the long arm into the trailer of the waiting tractor.

10/08/2024

Boomtown, our View. Chilling out with firepit and bubbles enjoying our View of Boomtown Fair.

26/07/2024

This is a great way to do some market research.
Staying in the beautiful Fern shepherd hut. Being a guest , for research of course!

14/07/2024

What a different a bit of preparation and a fresh coat of paint makes.
2nd hand aluminum garden chairs.
Power washed to get rid of old paint layers. Wire brushed back to metal, primed, then coated in metal protection green paint.
Ready for use for another 10 years!

06/07/2024

Hat Fair has kicked off in Wi******er today.
Amazing acts throughout the city Saturday and Sunday too.

25/06/2024

What a glorious morning!

20/06/2024

Summer Solstice ☀️ greetings to you all. We had our wedding celebrations here 8 yrs ago.
Hopefully we can share this amazing place with people next summer ...
www.fieldwithaviewwinchester.co.uk

19/06/2024

Viper's bugloss-this beautiful purple flower is thriving this year in the hedgerow. Wonderful for insects, especially bees.
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10/06/2024

Had a great couple of days in Usk,Wales learning to weave willow into a log basket and a hurdle. Amazing what can be created from sticks!
Thank you to Amanda and Zena of
www. Wyldwoodwillow.co.uk for their patience and teaching of this fabulous skill.
2 days of skill building with a lovely bunch of like minded people.
I will now have a go at creating log baskets and lots of amazing hurdles for our future projects!

30/05/2024

28/05/2024

When you use you field for a business you need to look after the grass. The warm wet weather is great for growing grass but takes ages with a normal lawn mower!
I used the ride on garden mower to start with but luckily we now have Doris our tractor. She is like our purple Barbie with all her accessories.
Dave was in charge of topping the grass as I am not trusted to mow a straight line! Too busy watching the kites, bussards and many other things that draw my attention and where my eyes go, so does the tractor! My defense is that there are no straight lines in nature...

17/05/2024

Cycling in to or through Wi******er?
The South Downs Social is a wonderful cafe with indoors and outdoor seating. If you are using the cafe you can hook your bike up inside for safety!
Wonderful coffee, teas, cakes, snacks and lunches.

15/05/2024

Mowing the track at Field with a View Wi******er to make it neater and easier to drive up, but also trying to leave the flowers for the bees!

23/04/2024

A lovely independent cafe in Wi******er

12/04/2024

12/04/2024

Spring flowers in the Field with a View Wi******er .

09/04/2024

Love these signs.
We are right on the edge of the South Downs National park. Just over a miles walk from the beginning of the South Downs Way in Wi******er.

23/03/2024

First attempt at weaving a wind break/ privacy screen. Left overs from my hedgelaying, Hazel uprights, dethroned hawthorn brush woven with some hazel. Helps create more privacy before the hedge sprouts and thickens through spring.

16/03/2024

What a stunning morning. So lucky to have this view and see the sun rising every morning.
Plans are in for some exciting changes here at keeping fingers crossed!

21/02/2024

Slightly grey view today

14/02/2024

Learning the ancient art/skill of hedge laying. Trunks are cut at base and laid over but still attached at the base. This makes the hedge thicker on a horizontal level and new growth is vertical. Helps keep animals in and creates a thicker habitat for wildlife.

14/02/2024

I have been learning the ancient art and skill of hedge laying. We have mainly hawthorn hedges surrounding the Field and 2 years ago i planted a native hedge which included guilder rose, Hazel, field maple and hawthorn. When the hedge plants are thick enough they are cut at the base and laid over, always up hill so the gap can rise. This thickens the hedge from the bottom and new shoots grow vertically. The thicker hedge becomes a better wind break and livestock barrier.
So pleased to see the newly laid hedge sprouting!

17/09/2023

Amazing day at The Glamping Show. Yes there is such a thing.
Exciting future plans for Field with a View Wi******er .
A day spend exploring shepherds huts, stoves, outdoor baths, different layouts and ideas.
Brain just bursting with ideas....
Fingers crossed for something new in 2024...

13/05/2023

It's the time of year again! First hair cut and sweep up of the Field ready for our first event in a couple of weeks.

09/04/2023

A lovely grassy well mown field just right to have you wedding on doesn't just happen!
Before our first mow of the season the grass is harrowed to loosen up the dead grass, then we use a paddock sweeper to collect all the loose grass. We then roll the field, this roller has been in the family since before I was born!
The rolling of the grass will promote growth.
After about 10 days we will then do the first topping or mowing of the summer, ready for our first event in May.
You can tell my husband Dave is driving the tractor by the straight lines! I get distracted by the view, a visiting Kite or Buzzard flying over and the lines go a bit wonky!

11/12/2022

Wonderful and beautiful frost this morning here on the Field over looking Wi******er .

08/12/2022

Glorious crisp morning after the first frost of 2022

09/08/2022

Our View this evening.
just about ready to kick off and a nearly

15/04/2022

Glorious spring morning.
Counted over 40 plane trails above us this morning, the world is moving again.