welcome to the monthly matinée, a retrospective of the appleturnover long-form films. next up is coldframe.

the coldframe, that icon of the victorian kitchen garden, is a fine tool not only for extending the gardening season and increasing local food security, not only for adapting to climate change and creating the flourishing future we want to see, but also embodying the simple yet transformative actions of the relocalising movement.

four-season gardening, increasing local food security, growing your own fresh, nutrient-dense, organic, healthy greens without packaging, towards a zero-waste garden and kitchen, these are all great reasons to build a simple coldframe from reclaimed materials. the price of food and threat of trade wars just confirm the common sense of growing a lot more of what we need, right here.

i give you the fourth in the journal of small work film series, on adaptation and relocalisation, as illustrated by the coldframe. this episode also provides another example of actionable frameworks illustrated in this series, like appropriate technology, downshifting, and pattern language.

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beaming with gratitude for reading/watching/listening, and special thanks to those of you who have subscribed to the paid variety, it really matters to me. see you sunday with a regular small work postcard and look out on substack ‘notes’ for a one-minute companion piece to this film.