Building the Nest

Building the Nest Hi! We are Nick & Lisa - join us as we turn a derelict cottage in Ireland into our small holding!

Weirdly beautiful light this evening ❤️ that said - I think my greenhouse always looks beautiful 😊
03/09/2026

Weirdly beautiful light this evening ❤️ that said - I think my greenhouse always looks beautiful 😊

01/09/2026

Starting to use my pot collection by getting autumn ready!

31/08/2026

How many helpers do you need to pick blackberries? 7 it would seem!

30/08/2026

Back on the roof... but this time we knew what we were doing!

With the right ladders, tools and a much better system, we made serious progress removing the old tiles — and uncovered some concerningly crumbly timber underneath.

When the weather turned, we headed inside to tackle our new window opening. We’d made the hole slightly... wrong, so out came our new laser toy (erm, leveller!) to get it straight and start building the reveal.

Oh, and our solar generator broke. Again.

Thankfully, AllPowers came to the rescue! Check out the link and discount code above.

Literally the most excited I’ve ever been… the beetroot is actually spiralled! Not to mention an entire Mediterranean ve...
28/08/2026

Literally the most excited I’ve ever been… the beetroot is actually spiralled! Not to mention an entire Mediterranean vegetable meal *completely* grown by us 😁

Song thrushes through a fuzzy zoom… *love* song thrushes!
25/08/2026

Song thrushes through a fuzzy zoom… *love* song thrushes!

Sheep & mountains ❤️
24/08/2026

Sheep & mountains ❤️

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