Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge

A Patchwork Planet and Stitching Together the Fabric of Time

I’ve been trying ever so hard to be conscientious about buying (or more accurately not buying) clothes.  This also means I’ve been thinking about what to do with clothes once they are no longer serviceable as such.  Goldilocks generally manages to out grow clothes before they wear out too badly and so can be passed on [...]

Frost

We had our first proper frost this weekend.  I like frost.  According to allotment lore it will make my parsnips really sweet and tasty.  Actually I dug one up about two weeks ago because I couldn’t wait any longer for the frost.  I was dying to find out what was underneath the soil and leafy [...]

Willow Weaving 2

Last week I bought myself some leather driving gloves.  I didn’t buy them, as I’m sure you will have already worked out, because I intend to take up recreational motoring.  I wanted to have another go at willow weaving but without getting crop after crop, day after day, of very itchy weals.  (See Woeful Willow Tale.) Normal [...]