Willow platters

Tomorrow is Lavenham Farmers Market, I shall have these platters for sale and also the living willow chairs as well as plant supports,cloches,and birdfeeders. I have had Lilly from Germany staying for the last 3 weeks, a contact through Workaway. She was a huge help to me and we got lots of willow sorted, lavender bags made and she even made lovely cushions for the kitchen.
No progress on the gardening front it is still so cold and wet.The birds have started nesting , Chris is regularly filling the bird feeders very little progress on the farming front either surely we must get some warm dry weather soon. The last few workshops have been a success we managed to weave in the summerhouse without whipping each other too much. with the wood burner to keep us warm.

Lavenham Farmers Market

First stall of the year at Lavenham farmers market very cold but no worse than being outside weaving.
I almost sold out and so enjoyable talking to people about willow and gardening. There was also loads of goodies inside to tempt me but contented myself with some daffodils, samosas, a curry for dinner and some baking potatoes all I have left from my crop are about the size of golf balls.
Hope to coppice more willow this week. I have added more workshop dates and will put them on the blog in the week. The ground is finally beginning to dry a bit although the temperatures are still below freezing most days. As my dad said "February is full of promise" I didn't used to believe him but he was right.