by Jane Haselden | Dec 23, 2020 | Self-Sufficiency
I have been very absent from this blog through December and the reason has been, that every spare minute has been spent making Christmas gifts. We have a simple Christmas. It has been a gradual process through the years – when I was a child Christmas meant...
by Jane Haselden | Jun 29, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have wanted to learn to make baskets for a long time, but life with five children can be busy and somehow years have gone by without me prioritising the time to do it. Just before we moved to Orkney, I was taking part in a craft fair and the stall next to mine was a...
by Jane Haselden | May 13, 2020 | Self-Sufficiency
We love foraging and back in Cornwall we knew all of the best places to go for blackberries, hawthorn, sloes, wild apples, pears and wild garlic. Now that we’re living in Orkney, we’re having to start over, because we don’t really know what is...
by Jane Haselden | Apr 18, 2020 | Self-Sufficiency
Since moving to Orkney, I have been making a conscious effort to find joy in everyday tasks. In fact much of our reason for relocating, was to find a simpler lifestyle that gave us the opportunity to take a breath and appreciate the little things. It’s so easy...
