Wool - Tribulations of Hand Spinning and Herbal Dyeing

Black Eyed Susans often get cited as dye plant sources of green.  I thought the name referred to those little annual climbing vines with o...

Polwarth was the guest sheep breed at the Weald and Downland Rare and Traditional Breed Show.   I intended to be at the sale of fleece a...

Best to start by declaring an interest.  No, I don't own shares in Storey Publishing, but they did send me The Spinner's Book of ...

A hot July by local standards has suited the Japanese Indigo plants growing in the garden. So many seedlings came up in trays this spring,...

"Where's Bradley Wiggins, then?"  Elinor Gotland was most disappointed to find that he had not been selected to ride in the ...