Last weekend I spent two days in the faded glory of Wolterton Hall in North Norfolk which was hosting the 13th Costume and Textiles Fair. Wolterton Hall is a fabulous Georgian Country House built in the 1720’s for Horatio Walpole,…
On Sunday, as we drove away from Top Farm and our last camp of the summer, we stopped to help ourselves to some windfall Bramley apples and looked forward to Autumns first apple crumble. On Monday I retrieved the apples…
Our lavender was planted 5 summers ago, and each year I have planned to harvest some for lavender bags. Every year I have watched it bloom and die back, finally hacking back the dead stems in October. That’s nearly half…
We have recently returned from Dance Camp East and are currently attempting to re-acclimatise after nine days of outdoor living. Nine glorious days of sunshine, music, dancing, crafting and cooking, with newly found friends, in a field in Suffolk. Dance…
I’ve been working on a new crochet project recently in preparation for a brand new Mystery Crochet Course. It’s going to be a very beautiful object – a rich mix of colour and texture and completely unique. There will only…
Of all the flowers in an English summer garden the daisy is, perhaps, one of the most endearing. However, it's habit of trespassing, in small groups and on previously weed free lawns, bestows upon it a reputation for gate-crashing the…