I thought I would sort out some photos of what was going on yesterday, from wine-making to Car Boot Sale booty.
The big heavy horse shoe I found in the stream by Lime Kiln Field this week. It would have been made by the blacksmith who lived at the bottom of our hill.
The lovely butter mould I got at the Car Boot Sale yesterday for just £3. It is French (has 225 grams written in a lovely Copperplate on the bottom), and I intend to give it a good wash and use it.
This shows how it opens up to release the butter pat.
Plants waiting to be planted - Penstemon, Geum, Phygelus (?), Verbascum, etc.
A double lot of Elderflower Champagne.
My Sloe wine - I'm trying to empty the freezer a little bit. I shall put it in the demijohn this week.
This is an excellent craft book I picked up for £1 at the Car Boot Sale yesterday. It has information about hundreds of crafts - sufficient to get you started anyway. It might be way out of date on the designs, but the practical side is still relevent.
Here's the excellent book I bought at the Centre for Alternative Technology on Friday. I am looking forward to trying out some of the recipes and techniques.
