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As typical for many gardening and crafting processes, some of my ‘projects’ take place over many days, weeks or months. To keep things simple I will update posts as necessary when there is new information, rather than always creating a new post.
As I think it’s important to acknowledge and value ‘slow-making’ I will include an idea of the timescales involved with my projects.
Japanese wineberries Rubus phoenicolasius are a species of berry, native to Asia, in the same family as blackberries and raspberries. I introduced one to my garden in the winter of 2022 for several reasons. The main reason was that it bears (reputedly delicious) fruit. The second …
My woad plants were somewhat neglected this year. They mostly went to flower and then to seed, growing about 4ft tall and attracting all manner of insects to their yellow flowers. I collected the seeds as I have read that you can get a dye …
19-20 August 2023 This weekend was extra full of crafts and fibre-y goodness. On Saturday, my local Guild of spinners, weavers and dyers had their annual garden party. This involves a fleece sale, raffle, shared lunch, quiz etc and the usual society business and …
We all see those tempting tufts of wool stuck to fences and grass tussocks when we’re out and about. I’ve decided to start a collection from various locations with the aim of turning them (eventually) into some sort of crafted travelogue. On last week’s …
21/08/2023 I always like to sort and wash raw fleeces as soon as possible after getting them. If I keep them outside I worry about mice, insects and damp. If I keep them inside it feels unhygienic, a bit pongy and can still attract moths …
08/10/2023 Last autumn (I think) I planted a skirret root purchased from Backyard Larder which is a great resource for perennial vegetable sales and information. It grew very happily this year with minimal intervention. It didn’t really spread and was well contained as …
Hi! I’ve been thinking about doing this blog for a while so have been saving up content over 2023 to add when I got around to setting things up. Thanks to my lovely brother for drawing up the logo for me xx The content on …