energy
Planning a Shared Battery for Our Street
A shared battery in the old bike shed is still only a plan. What we're asking, who we've asked, and why we've decided not to put a single number on the table yet.
Sep 22, 2026
project-plan
Project Plan: A Courtyard Greenhouse from Salvaged Windows
A greenhouse built from old windows, in four phases, by whoever turns up. Our materials list, the order of work, and the questions we still need to answer.
Read the storyFrom the Field
seeds
Learning to Save Seeds, One Bean at a Time
Our seed swap started with a shoebox and a bean nobody could name. A beginner's account of drying, labelling and passing on what grows well on our street.
Sep 14, 2026
tool-library
Inside a Neighbourhood Tool Library
Nobody needs a drill for more than twenty minutes a year. So we put forty of them on one shelf and let the street borrow. How our tool library runs, week to week.
Sep 05, 2026
rooftop
A Rooftop Garden, Step by Step
We turned a flat, empty roof into a working vegetable garden over one spring. Here is the order we did it in, and the two mistakes we'd happily have skipped.
Aug 26, 2026