More Spindle Whorls
They are such fun to make and use. Looking like little sea urchins in a lovely bowl made by my ceramicist friend Stephanie Hammill....
The wonderful world of winter baskets
It's been basket making time at Shipwright's Cottage. The garden is full of materials that need pruning so I've been making melon baskets...
Spindle Whorls and the ancient art of spinning yarn
First it was clay, a tree and some lovely corridale wool. Hand crafted at Shipwrights Cottage they are now a spindle and wool yarn. The...
Lemon dill sauerkraut
As the cabbages are so cheap its sauerkraut time - a lemon - dill version which is a favourite here. The ingredients are just a cabbage...
What's in a name? Cliabh, Scull and Kishie
These are Scottish names for types of baskets. Some of my ancestors came from northern Scotland and from Orkney, which has an ancient...
As the weather cools or chicken soup time
Its chicken soup time but I don't mean normal soup I mean health packed, cold fighting super soup. It starts with the chicken - the best...
Its Basket Material Gathering Time
Autumn is a perfect time to collect your basket making materials. Grapes and fruit trees are being pruned, grasses are being trimmed and...
Making Mead Like a Viking
I'm on a year challenge - only to drink booze made by me (or gifted to me). Given the Permaculture Principals I follow this also means...
Curtido Roja or there has been a murder
It's fermenting time at Shipwrights Cottage as organic cabbages are $3 at the local farmers market and the beetroot are also cheap. My...
Quinces and the last of the mulberries
The Shipwrights Cottage food forest is giving again, so apart from eating the fresh fruit what have I been doing with the produce?...
