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On the idea of the woodland and how the project developed | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. On the idea of the woodland and how the project developed. December 29, 2014. Stephen and Claire on the Rollrights woodland project. I insisted on the green paths thru the wood, initially resisted by the FC but now apparently highly endorsed for new plantings. Pathway through the woods. The grass circle and the Whispering Knights beyond it. Originally there was an anti muntjac deer fence round all sides but I have now remov...

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The Young Snake and other creations | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. The Young Snake and other creations. February 15, 2015. The Whispering Knights in freezing fog. The structure that gained the name The Young Snake came about as a result of three untidy heaps of brash that had been piled together by unknown persons. Rather than pull them apart and start again, we decided to do as we had done previously and build around them to cover them over and make something much bigger. These were overl...

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Tahini and honey balls | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Tahini and honey balls. June 28, 2015. Tahini and honey balls. We don’t have many sweet snacks, but occasionally get the urge for one and generally buy a pastry or some like thing from a supermarket. They’re almost always disappointing – dry, too sweet and lacking in flavour. I don’t really know why we bother, to be honest, so seeing a simple recipe for an instant snack was appealing. June 28, 2015 at 9:21 pm. A href= title...

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June | 2015 | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Monthly Archives: June 2015. Tahini and honey balls. June 28, 2015. Tahini and honey balls. Today, on this lazy Sunday, I rolled three small balls for each of us and instead of the usual sesame seeds coating I tried coconut and it worked extremely well. Not better than the sesame seed coating but a nice change. Chopped walnuts are next on the list. View all 2 comments. The blackbirds and robins are nesting again. Feeding th...

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Making linen by hand – preparing the flax fibres for spinning | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Making linen by hand – preparing the flax fibres for spinning. August 13, 2015. Making linen by hand. Having spent some time in the field familiarising ourselves with the growing of flax plants. On the flax processing course. All pictures enlarge on clicking. That bundle of grey stuff will become beautiful linen. Ann says, ‘Shall I use this one? 8216;No, this one’. After breaking, the bundle of stiff grey stems begins to so...

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Distracted by wildflowers at Avebury Stones | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Distracted by wildflowers at Avebury Stones. July 26, 2015. We had a day out at Avebury stones. All pictures clickable to enlarge. The 9am start was a good thing – arriving at the National Trust car park, there was only one other vehicle parked and we set off to explore feeling optimistic of some quiet time before other visitors got there. I was fascinated by the ‘why? What did they do with all the removed material? The cha...

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Rollright stones – snow in the woods | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Rollright stones – snow in the woods. January 21, 2015. The Ouroboros with a dusting of snow. I read in the Witney Gazette that the Rollright Stones were ‘one of the few landmarks in Oxfordshire to see a dusting of snow’. The mounds stood out very well indeed and here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure. Curious how some mounds have snow on them and others have none. The front part of the dragon. August 30, 2016.

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Making linen by hand – the first steps | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Making linen by hand – the first steps. August 10, 2015. Making linen by hand. Earlier this year, I came across an interesting looking one day course on the hand-processing of flax plants into linen. It was run by a small company called Flaxland. Had been asked and could not be un-asked, we’d have to go and find out. People have known how to make linen for thousands of years and linen flax (. In this case ‘dew retting’.

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March | 2015 | The Entwife's Garden

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Monthly Archives: March 2015. Can a Hippeastrum be persuaded to flower in our cave-like house? March 25, 2015. At the beginning of 2014, I was handed a. And asked to plant it in an Oxford garden. Are tender, originating in tropical and sub-tropical South America. And would die outside so I offered to take it home with me instead to see if I could get it to flower again and this was agreed on. Continue reading →. Oxfordshire...

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The Entwife's Garden. A gardener's view of the world. About The Entwife’s Garden. Monthly Archives: April 2015. There is a growing community of species living in the woods. April 28, 2015. I spent part of a day in the woods by the Rollright Stones. Continue reading →. A couple of new structures at Rollrights. April 26, 2015. Karl made two more structures for Stephen’s granddaughter – ones that might be enjoyed by a small, inquisitive child. The idea was also that there would be something that d...The fir...