Steven Pinewood

For those interested in UK based mini-forests there is one at Southmead in Bristol.

Some useful links:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/02/tennis-court-sized-scrap-of-bristol-to-become-tiny-forest

https://bristoltreeforum.org/btf-2020-newsletter/miyawaki-or-tiny-forests/

I've just registered to download a manual (in Dutch) from here;

https://www.ivn.nl/aanbod/tiny-forest/

Hi Hazel, welcome to this great forum
Looks like a great book. Many positive, community based actions getting going here in the UK. This book would be a nice companion for the one I've just bought.''Mini-forest Revolution' about the work of Akira Miyawaki. We already have one (city-based) 'tiny forest' locally and another is being planned.

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Suggestions:

Make sure the washer is on the highest spin speed setting to remove as much water as possible from the clothes as possible before drying.

Spread the clothes out well rather than bunching them up. The greater surface area exposed to air movement the quicker the drying.

If possible hang the clothes above the stove where there is more heat and convection currents to help evaporation of the moisture in the clothes.

Use a dehumidifier whilst the clothes are drying. I suspect this will be cheaper than using a tumble dryer and the water produced can be used as distilled water for steam irons etc.