Page 10 • The HERALD • 5th June 2025 v F @heraldpublishing v FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST WILLIS DECORATING & JOINERY SERVICES Est Since 1986 Hand-painted Kitchens - Transform your Kitchen Interior & Exterior Painting and Decorating Call David on 023 8084 9800 or 07946 048261 E: david.willis24@btinternet.com Before After New Forest Scaffolding All aspects of scaffolding undertaken • Extensions • Chimneys • Re-Roofing • New Builds etc For a friendly, local, reliable service and a free quotation Telephone: 07734 476855 www.newforestscaffolding.co.uk Full Liability Insurance Lychette Cottage, Roughdown, Blackfield SO45 1XG A Big Step Forward at Teddy’s Farm: Natural Wastewater Treatment Is Now Live! Local Farmer Teddy Powell has spent the winter creating a Natural Wastewater Treatment system for the pop up campsite at his family farm in the New Forest. Teddy’s Farm near Boldre, has been o ering pop-up camping to visitors to the New Forest since 2016. Over the winter, Teddy has been busy creating a willow evapotranspiration system - a clever, selfcontained setup that’s been long in the planning and is now fully up and running. e system lters all the grey water from the campsites showers, washing-up areas and the thunderboxes - through a clay-lined bed planted with hundreds of fast-growing willow trees. ese willows absorb the water and release it naturally back into the air, using just sunshine and wind. Teddy comments: “Campers staying with Teddy’s Farm over the summer can now enjoy a proper outdoor experience, knowing their environmental impact is minimal. This has been a deeply worthwhile project and we’re proud to be doing something that genuinely helps protect the New Forest.” Teddy’s Farm o ers a laid-back camping experience available for a limited 28 days each year, campers staying at Teddy’s Farm can experience an ecofriendly escape on a working family sheep farm, as the rest of the year Teddy is busy tending to his ock of pasture-fed sheep! ere are two expansive elds set across about 17 acres with views across to the Isle of Wight, campers can pick their own spot as there are no xed pitches. ere are 6 hot showers available 24/7 and the composting loos are clean and wellmaintained. Every morning e Baa-rista o ers freshly brewed coffee and Fridays campers can savour the delights of local street food vendors. All on-site power is generated by solar energy, ensuring an eco-conscious stay. For more information about Teddy’s Farm visit: www. teddysfarm.co.uk/ or email: info@ teddysfarm.co.uk As they do their work, they also lter out harmful nutrients like nitrates and phosphates, helping protect the local environment. Because the system is fully sealed, nothing enters nearby watercourses. Over time, the beds will become a small wetland habitat, attracting birds, insects and other wildlife - a quiet but valuable addition to this corner of the New Forest. e project was quite an undertaking, work started in January to dig the two trenches for the willow beds, which are both 38 x 8 metres. 450 metres of associated pipework had to be laid from the showers, sinks, toilets and urinals on the campsite to the willow beds. e area was then clay-lined before Aerial photo of the trenches Willow cuttings ready for planting The willow starting to grow over 800 willow cuttings were prepped ready to be planted by Teddy with help from his sons and wife.
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