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The Merry Hawthorn

I am the May Tree; my sweet, white blossoms herald the end of winter. People go gathering knots of my branches in May, to crown the season’s queen. I have no grand airs, no impressive visage, and yet I keep a secret grace: find me in any hedgerow, but beware – my thorns make barriers enough to protect many merry songbirds from interruption as they sing to herald the waking of the spring. Designed and…

Yet another range of wooden greetings cards

Did you know we sell wooden greetings cards? Well we’ve just added a new range and these are only £2.50 (cheaper than most Birthday cards) What’s more, they can be bought online from the card-shop on our website as well as from our shop There are 10 designs in this rangeColourful wooden mini Cards Other ranges include: Forest Veneer greetings cards Solid Wooden postcards Wooden Birthday cards Alice in Wonderland veneer cards

Growing spoons

My spoon collection is growing.. Each spoon is pyrographed with it’s name after..being polished with wax after..being sanded with 5 grades of sandpaper after..being carved using a couple of whittling knives after..being shaped with a draw-knife on a shave horse after..the outline being formed using a saw and sawn-off bill-hook, after..a slice being split from a log using a froe, afterthe log being cut from our coppicing work over at http://www.pondheadconservation.org.uk/ The rules are that…

The Malevolent Elm

I likes to be left alone. The axe I hate and not easy split am I. If kings and realms need defense, a longbow I will spare you ; though more reluctantly than that old lapdog Yew. On the hearth, I burns like churchyard mould – even my very flames are cold. I doesn’t mind the wet so’s they use me for ships’ keels and the gates of locks. But most likely, you will know…

..so what wood is that chopping board?

Have you a beautiful wooden chopping board? Or would you like one? Not sure you’ll remember where it came from or what wood it’s made from? We think we have the answer:- As well as our range of beech boards, we are starting a new range of locally sourced hardwood chopping boards with the name of the wood and where it came from engraved into the edge of the board. We currently have some English…

The Treacherous Elder

I will grow anywhere, even on sea cliffs. You cannot hide from me. Of old I was found close by your door, though always slighted, never invited in; a shaving elder by the door will keep the devil away, but dare to burn me – just you dare, and I’ll invite him in. I am the scourge of flies, and will also keep these from your threshold. My hollow branches are a child’s delight – to…

Making time

Just finished making our first clock of the year, designed by us, and made in the shop. The multi-layered Forest Fox clock We’ve never found a clock that is suitable for a child that wasn’t, well, childish. A pirate ship might do them for a few years, but they will still outgrow it. What we wanted was a clock that would appeal to any age, but with enough fun for a child. We’ve be open…

The Pioneer Birch

I am always the first tree to colonise any open sward. If there is a way to live and grow, be sure that I will find it. Take my twigs for toothbrushes, or tie them to make besom brooms; I cannot say if they are ever used for transport!I drive out evil spirits. Perhaps that is why I am the cane of choice for headmasters, butgentler souls more prone to warm diplomacy will use my…

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