Peas and Cerinthe | the Allotment in June
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A journal of successes and failures on our allotment in South Birmingham which we started in October 2022.
May on the Allotment
Ed and his dad replaced the felting on our shed roof, as it got torn off by high winds in one of the many winter storms.
How to Grow Madder From Seed
This year I am growing dye plants for the first time. I have fallen in love with making hand dyed, machine pieced, hand quilted quilts with natural fibres and natural dyes. My first natural dye quilt was made with cotton calico and I created colours for it with plants I foraged around the city, including in my favourite woods. You can read more about that quilt here.
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Callistephus ‘Lady Coral Lavender’ and a Recent Arrangement
September Flowers | The First of the Sunflowers
