Indian Summer

Glorious sunshine, not a cloud in the sky! A good chance to have a look at what's happening in the garden.

Most of the vegetable patch is long over, but it is still home to a bumper patch of rainbow chard and a thriving row of chives. I planted calendula and nasturtium seeds in the little strip of soil between the veg bed and the path and have been pleased with the colourful display.

I have had masses and masses of calendula flowers for making oils, salves and tincture and drying for teas and the more you cut it the more it comes again (everything in my part of the garden has to be useful as well as beautiful and beautiful as well as useful, if you see what I mean!)

New Moon

Hello and welcome back! I have had a long pause in my blogging (and crafting) while I became a mum and moved house from London to the Essex coast .. the last two years have been a demanding but exciting time for me and my family. I've loved every minute, but as I am not someone who welcomes upheaval, generally, I can't say I'm sorry to at last feel settled. As the autumn leaves have begun to fall, I have found the ideas starting to flow and the urge to craft and create becoming overwhelming again. And now that I have the time and inspiration again, I am so looking forward to reviving Earth and Tree and reconnecting with like-minded bloggers. So New Moon, new beginnings! Please bear with me while I re-arrange the blog furniture and make myself comfortable, then settle down and enjoy.