Craft
I first discovered orange pomdaners on holiday in Cornwall a few years ago. We took a long walk and ended up at Trerice manor house. Inside the main house was a room decorated in the style of an Elizabethan Christmas - the decorations were made from spruce branches, cloves, bay
Craft
This post documents my first adventure with chalk paint. It will not be my last! I was on the lookout for interior inspiration for our new house and came across this image of Joules bed linen. It was the bed side tables that really caught my eye. I spent a
Garden
Autumn has well and truly arrived. I love this time of year! I don't have many garden photos to post this week as I am still trying to get rid of the mountain of bloody pebbles. We've taken a few to the tip but it'
Recipes
If you love chutney but hate raisins and sultanas, this recipe is for you. We have alot of raisin and sultana haters on both sides of the family. And whilst I like both, I really don't like either in chutney. Last year I made green tomato chutney and
Garden
Last week we finally moved house! We've moved to a small village just outside Farnham (Surrey). And even though we are only a 5 minute drive from Farnham it feels like we're miles away. It's very quiet with lots of green space! One of
Knitting & crochet
It's almost the end of the Summer which means it's time to focus on wooly hats for Innocent's Big Knit 2013. Whooppeee! I've been a bit time poor lately so I set myself a goal of 20 hats. But I forgot how
Knitting & crochet
Last Christmas I made my Nan a crochet granny square blanket and she's used it every day since she opened it. She's been unwell lately and getting cold alot so my Mum requested another blanket that could double up as a shawl. I only had 2
Recipes
One of our chilli plants went a bit berzerk and gave us over 30 ripe chillies within 2 days. As we don't eat huge amount of chilli I wanted to preserve them. If we buy a pack from the supermarket I normally freeze the leftovers and use them
I've been a bit of a jam making machine lately. There's so much fresh fruit waiting to be turned into jam and eaten in the colder months - although most of it probably won't last that long because it's too tasty! Here&
Places
We've been on two road trips in the last 2 weeks. Despite what the lead image for this post suggests, I didn't cycle to Cornwall on multicoloured yarn bombed bike. Cornwall The main reason for our trip to Cornwall was to see Sigur Ros at the
Garden
Over the last few weeks the garden has been inundated with fledglings. It's been really nice to watch so I thought I'd share a few photos. Many were taken in a rush so not all of them are perfectly crisp. The blue tits are getting to
Recipes
I've been desperate to pick elderflowers and it feels like it's taken ages for them to bloom this year. On Wednesday they were finally ready and we picked ours from a bush growing near where we live. Most of them were high up which mean'
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