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Teasel Tuesday
Today was the day to begin prepping all of the dried teasels from last year in readiness for the wreath making season. Each teasel is cleaned and shaken by hand to release any remaining seeds which are then used for sowing more plants and for bird food. Goldfinches just love teasels and descend on our…
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Harvesting Holly
As a rule of thumb, we only like to start cutting Holly 1st December but the way the calendar falls this year means we need to start a few days early so that customers can have wreaths made up for the first weekend in December. We have our own holly plantation which is cut in…