I have a very sweet tooth and started making simple syrup years ago as a way to sweeten drinks at parties and celebrations. I'm not a fan...

Its that time of year when seed sowing is in full swing. Pricking out, potting on and planting out are the start of what will hopefully...

I love to use the plants that I grow to dye silk and wool, and sometimes linen. Silk and wool are protein, or animal fibres, and take up...

While we’re still waiting for flowers to bloom in the garden, why not make some of your own! Textile flowers allow you to capture the...

There seems nothing is so steeped in traditional expectation as a funeral. We’ve become conditioned to think that what is offered by the...

Did you know that roses are edible? Those beautiful, billowing, velvet fragrant petals are good to eat as well as look at. All roses in...

Fresh or raw sheep fleece generally needs some preparation before I can use it as a hand spinner, and this invariably leads to some...