All the fun of the fayre!!

Well, our first fayre went well, didn't sleep too well the night before wondering how I was going to set it all up but it all came together well & looked rather lovely.
Even the goats on the farm got into the spirit of things & wore felt antlers (I'm pretty sure this was not by choice, but they didn't look too worried!) 
Our handcare range & muscle rub for gardeners proved very popular and most folk were doing their Christmas shopping, so I'm sure that there will be lots of soft handed gardeners on Christmas Day!!
Our autumn offers have been doing well on the website too, a few things have gone now but there are still a couple of gifty bargains to be had!

Reduced from £16.00 to £10.00... Herb drying gift set, a great antique look herb dryer to hang in the kitchen or potting shed, make sure you always have home grown herbs to hand, even in the winter months.
Includes 1 herb dryer, 3 packets of seeds (Rosemary, Thyme & Lavender), 3 markers, 3 explanation cards, and secrets for preserving them at the end of the season!
This lovely Herb Drying Kit can be found HERE

Down from £16.00 to £9.00...Presented in a reusable biodegradable tray, this gardeners growing kit contains tomato & cucumber seeds, starter pots, coir compost, wooden thermometer, wooden labels, pencil, wire ties, gardeners soap & nail brush. Everything you need to start growing!
Growers kit can be found HERE

Getting ready for a Christmas Fair at Croft!

Well this weekend is about to be spent getting all sorted for a Christmas fair at the Clervaux trust farm at Clow Beck, Croft on tees, all of the stalls there have to hold either handmade stock &/or stock with good green credentials, so it should be a great place to pick up some lovely Christmas presents which are a little different from the norm.


A little about how the farm is ran.....
'The site at Clow Beck, Croft-on-Tees is a 100 acre farmland development where young people will experience a wide range of land based and craft activities. They will be offered a curriculum of practical experiential learning to help with their personal development in independence and employability. The curriculum is designed to help the students build respect for themselves and the world around them by helping them to see their own place in it. Activities include the growing of organic wheat, vegetables and fruit, animal care, green woodwork, charcoal making, blacksmithing, textiles, food processing (meat, fruit and vegetable) and much more.'

The fair is on Saturday the 19th November 10am till 4pm at the Clervaux Trust farm and includes food, arts, crafts & eco friendly goodies. We will be there with lots of our Vintage garden accessories, including old garden trugs, shutters, old wooden step ladders and loads more, we'll also be taking along some lovely gift ideas for gardeners, if you're passing pop in!

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Gardeners Gift Baskets....

Well, it was bonfire night last night, which was great, the weather stayed nice & dry, & today has been fab too, I always feel really Christmasy once bonfire night has been & gone so I wasted no time in putting together some gardeners gift baskets today! I have put 3 together, all packed with eco friendly gifts for gardeners, the baskets are hand woven & come wrapped in cellophane with ribbon & a gift tag so no work to be done by you!!

'Large Gardeners Gift Basket'
Contains.....
Gardeners Barrier Cream 
(Protects  hard working hands)
Wax & revive tool treatment
Gardeners Muscle rub
Gardeners hand scrub
Blackboard labels & pen


Everything in this gift basket is made in the UK, 
£39.00 & can be found HERE!

'Medium Gardeners Gift Basket'
Contains.....
Long zinc shrub labels
Gardeners Barrier Cream 
(Protects hard working hands)
Gardeners Hack wax
(restores dry & cracked hands)
Hand made lavender & oatmeal soap


Everything in this gift basket is made in the UK, 
£22.00 & can be found HERE!

'All Natural Soap Gift Basket'
Contains....
A selection of all natural hand made soaps,
Ylang-ylang & Jasmine
Lavender & oatmeal
& Lemongrass


Made in the UK
£10.00 & can be found HERE!


After putting those together it was off to the allotment to finish off the jobs I had to do, have spread some of last years leaf mould & sorted out the two compost bins, taken down the sweet pea frame as it is moving next year (still had some sweet peas so picked those) & encountered a rather large toad in amongst it all, weeded the paths (for the last time this year I hope)!
So now it must be time to put my feet up!! Fire lit slippers on...& relax