Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art

Winter is here and life in Somerset is icy. A few nights have dipped below zero (Celsius). While we have piled up all the knitted blankets, shawls, sleeping bags and doonas from storage and are cosy under them at nights, it is very much not cosy outside of them. We have had a few days

DuckWeek, themed week of drawings. Different ducks and manufactured ducks, different drawing styles.

Making elderberry wine, foraging for elderberries from around Somerset

How to make Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) at home. Simple, easy to follow recipe.

What I have been brewing up of late – crab apple cider vinegar, and dry blackberry wine.

Elderflower cordial – (simple but messy) Elder is a tree that I have only learned to recognise recently, and it was fuelled by my determination to make and bottle some of the (drinkable) British Classics. First on this list was elderflower cordial. Elderflower season is over for another year, but fortunately I managed to pick quite a few, and it should