Errata and Addenda for The Joy of Jams. Errata and Addenda for The Joy of Pickling. The Joy of Pickling in Film and Theater. Shop for Books and Equipment. The various historical meanings of. Have always fallen into two groups, the syrup, or pre-mix, and the finished drink.

What to do in and around Bolton Abbey. Here is a photo selection of hazel coppice stools I took at Wood Nook on Wednesday lunchtime. Notice how the poles are bent and differing thicknesses when the stool has stood uncut for so long, there are some very old thick branches in there. This is the regrowth a couple of years after cutting. They made quite a job of it, but I think a lot of it has fallen in through neglect and heavy floods.

June 4, 2015 by roamingfeet. I went to see them soon after I arrived. They are doing well, partly as a bi-product of climate change. As mackerel moves into Faorese and Icelandic waters.

Everything you need to know about the countryside at Wimpole. Stoats, Weasels and Polecats. The Green woodworker Rake making. Charcoal making and woodland produce conversion. Timber felling and extraction using heavy horse.

A Window Opens Up, Before It Closes Again.

Diary of Natural Environment In and Around Wimpole. Wildlife spotted and sometimes photographed with the dogs on daily walks. This blog is primarily concerned with hoverflies but with the arrival of the migrant Clouded Yellow Butterfly on the 8th August I thought I should record it here. Now on with the main business. They come in all sizes from very small to almost bumble bee size and their principle colou.

Mowing and the Quality Debate. At the recent West Country Scythe Championships the quality of mowing was the subject of much debate and not for the first time.

Oak Shingles from Tree to Roof. Oak Shingles from Tree to Roof. The other day I had a sack of lime delivered. In a sense it bothers me that it can happen with such a level of convenience. That sense is not the Calvinistic one either. We are in a collective way sinking our own boat.

Size can affect the way we look at objects.

Note the baffling configuration of fluorescent lights. Can you guess which two work? Many an hour did I stand in front of that bench. The northerly sand dune slowly consumes its vertical green companion. Waterstains from a generation of floods. In spite of all of its shortcomings, this little shop enabled some of my most productive time as a woodworker.