TBI Open gardens Rowan Cottage Drumsmittal
01 September 2024, Starts: 14:00, Ends: 16:00
Sunday 1 September
Rowan Cottage, Drumsmittal, North Kessock IV1 3XF
Rachel Butterworth
From North Kessock drive up the hill towards Drumsmittal/ Drumderfit. Pass the old Drumsmittal School and keep climbing the hill. After the brow of the hill, look for a black and white traffic bollard on your left, and take that left. Pass a cow shed and Rowan Cottage is on that lane on the right, nestled between Cherry and Willow Cottages. If you get to the stables, you have just gone a little too far.
From Munlochy take the turning to Drumsmittal and follow the road all the way until you see the Kessock Equine Vet sign. Don't take that turn, but keep straight and look for a black and white traffic bollard on your right (the next right!). Take that right, pass a cow shed and Rowan Cottage is on that lane on the right, nestled between Cherry and Willow Cottages. If you get to the stables, you have just gone a little too far.
Rachel writes
We've been at Rowan Cottage, Drumsmittal since December, and we have started turning a grass lawn with leylandii hedges into a permaculture-ish veg garden and orchard. We also have a toddler, so everything has to be done with him around - so you'll see that nothing is tidy, and everything is functional. We also have very little money after the move, so anything we can scrounge for free is incorporated. We are also very keen to close waste loops, and we bokashi compost all of our food waste and use all our cardboard waste too. Our plan is to become partly self-sufficient in fruit and veg during the summer and autumn months, and this coming winter we hope to plant a mini orchard.
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