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How to Make a Lavender Wand

July 21, 2020

It’s lavender season again and I love to make wands with the freshly cut stems. They’re charming on display, make great gifts, or can be stashed in a drawer or airing cupboard to lightly scent your laundry.  Have you ever wanted to make a wand, but aren’t sure how? Well, go cut yourself some fresh … More How to Make a Lavender Wand

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Valonia & Rob

Setting the scene:

On a little piece of land in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, two gardeners are overrun by rabbits on an allotment plot they named A Whole Plotta Love.

Meanwhile, at home on the banks of the Thames, they potter about on a tiny segment of ground known colloquially as The Boater’s Garden. It floods a lot.

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The new skylight is working out well.
Taking the crew for a walk.
Malkin, one of our ship's cats, with maps of home, pottery collected along the shoreline, a pirate flag celebrating an anniversary, and a frigate (HMS Warrior) marking a long ago wedding.
Introducing the new kids on the block, Vlad and Justina. Straight out of 15th century Wallachia... Let's just say, Vlad's put down of Chekhov was quite fierce.
#TBT to October park adventures with Rob and Pye.
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