IT was 2002 and Riki Therivel was looking to purchase a piece of land for an as yet undecided primary productive enterprise. Known simply as Lot 3, 10 acres of previously arable land at Hinksey Hill near Oxford resembling little more than a mudflat was duly purchased at auction.Riki's initial ideas and plans were many, including rearing goats, producing pumpkins and sowing selected plants to harvest bird seed. But none seemed to gel with or completely satisfy her primary aims of boosting biodiversity, developing an outdoor education facility and providing enjoyment without the heavy workload that comes with growing crops or rearing livestock.
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