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Little Field Birch is a result of my desire to create unique handmade and natural products that combine function with beauty. Please visit my Etsy Shop: https://LittleFieldBirch.etsy.com and my Blog: http://littlefieldbirch.wordpress.com

I grew up surrounded by creative women. My great grandmother, my grandmother, my own mother, my friends' mothers: they all made things. My mother and grandmother

were always busy with this or that, a ball of yarn being transformed into a sweater, a blanket or even a doll. Embracing this creativity, I tried many different forms of creative expression ranging from sewing and knitting to macramé, basket weaving and even dying cotton muslin using natural ingredients such as beets and goldenrod. My interests were diverse and I can remember losing patience with making exact seam allowances and, eventually, I took a break from these activities. Years later, when my grandmother, also an avid quilter, passed away, I felt a need to rekindle my interest in the skills I picked up in my younger years. My desire to honor her memory inspired me to try my hand at making quilts since the seam allowance was consistent and the stitches straight. It seemed like an easy way to get back into creating things and gave me something tangible at the end of the day. Working at a computer all day long didn't provide the same sense of satisfaction and accomplishment as seeing friends and family tucked under a quilt I made. The adventure of becoming a mother sparked a desire to expand my creative endeavors and I started with small projects - clothing and toys for my daughter. As I gained confidence, I also started making things for the rest of our family. Making things for other people seems like a natural progression in my creative journey.

09/02/2023

Expanding our fruit bushes again this year…planted these into repurposed buckets last week, did a few more today and still have a few more to do once my husband returns with our drill…

We added another 6 blueberry bushes because anyone who knows me well knows that I am seriously addicted to blueberries thanks to growing up next to a blueberry farm.

We also have a few Saskatoon berries, some honeyberries (also called serviceberries), a few varieties of raspberry-blackberry crosses, a jostaberry and a little mulberry tree, a fruit tree which grew outside my bedroom window at my parent’s house, together with lots of black caps (black raspberries for my European friends) and lilac trees. A real bounty of beauty that I’d like for my kiddos, too.

I hope that these all thrive and one day in the not too distant future, we’ll have our own place to plant them in the ground! More on that soon…

18/11/2022

My first visit to the top of the hill since April and it’s fabulous…I’ve missed walking it and am delighted that my heart is well enough to get back to it. Feeling blessed…

09/11/2022

A beautiful bit of autumnal stone wall from my sunny(!) walk this morning. Feeling massive gratitude today after a day full of positive change yesterday.

15/10/2022

Pizza ingredients from the garden…and a home-brewed saison for the fella!

15/10/2022

My mother crocheted a beautiful for my eldest this past year and in typical teenage-fashion, they love it, yet can’t figure out a way to style it that suits them. The sizing is flexible, so I was delighted to discover that it also fit me and I offered (completely selflessly, of course 😂) to wear it for a while as a way to help inspire their own styling! The work of a mother is never done! 😍

15/10/2022

Loads of yummy stuff from the polytunnel…

We still have a few cherry & plum tomatoes and the long thin aubergines are a favorite, too.

15/10/2022

Harvesting some crown prince pumpkins before the rain starts…

12/10/2022

Blocking my …colors were heavily inspired by the version knit by . It was a fairly easy pattern by though I modified by holding two strands of sock-weight yarn together to obtain the marled “fade” effect. Can’t wait for it dry so I can weave in the ends & wear it!
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07/10/2022

16 years ago today…and still going strong. ❤️

14/09/2022

My take on the Ottolenghi recipe for Dakos with sourdough croutons in lieu of rusks (whatever they may be), lacto-fermented turnips instead of capers and feta from plus some cucamelons and lots of fresh herbs.

It’s absolutely delicious!

29/08/2022

For all my friends and family members who asked me to let them know how my heart surgery went, I’m still alive and kicking (well, not quite kicking yet, but I’m hopeful it won’t be too long)! 😂❤️

Thanks so much for all the well wishes and positive vibes!!

31/03/2022

Some garden-fresh beauty…and so delicious!

16/03/2022

Gorgeous croutons made from a loaf from topped with absolutely delicious produce from our garden (mostly). The berlotti beans were grown in our tunnel and are just yum!!!

06/03/2022

Using up the last of our beetroot harvest from 2021. Cubing these to lacto-ferment for on our gorgeous garden salads…yummy!!

01/03/2022

When the lettuce is so fresh, all it needs is a pro-biotic healthy dressing.

Dressing is thrown together brine from a lacto-fermented turnip, fire cider with kombucha vinegar, olive oil & a bit of elderberry syrup I made a while back from elderberries I foraged from my in-laws ditches in a spot on the farm known as Maggie’s Corner.

01/03/2022

When “cleaning up” involves food… Hoping to try pruning back the cape gooseberries this year instead of replanting just to see what happens. Anyone who knows my fella will know that if I turn my back, he could nip this plan in the bud and compost the plants when I’m not looking… 😂😂😂

22/02/2022

A lunch salad with goodies from the tunnel and beyond.

Particularly impressed with the cape gooseberry that are still giving us fruit in February!! 😍 The little broccoli-like sprouts from the top of the tatsoi & paksoi give a nice crunch and the fermented turnips brighten it all up.

Served (of course) with a slice of seeded sourdough by and the Gortnamona goats cheese is from . Delicious products from the on Saturdays.

17/02/2022

A gorgeous salad for lunch today with fermented beetroot from the garden, leaves from our tunnel, an elderberry kombucha vinegar & local honey dressing, Irish goats cheese and seeded sourdough both scored at .

Absolutely grateful for the bounty this lunch represents and trying to focus on that feeling!! 😍

20/01/2022

Emptying the little fella’s bag this morning when I put in his lunchbox and found a dream catcher he made at school. I was touched by what he hung on it.

He told me that one fell off and he couldn’t find it, but his 3 wishes/dreams are:
- get rid of covid
- build our new house
- get some new hens

So sweet and a lovely bonus to see that our wishes align. 🥰

15/01/2022

Pizza night.

11/01/2022

A first tiny salad from the garden in 2022, topped with some oven-dried tomatoes & fermented radishes also from the 2021 garden. And some mung beans I sprouted for the hens, but stole a pinch for me!

The dressing is thrown together - some fire cider kombucha vinegar I made, olive oil and a swig of elderflower cordial I made from the back of the fridge. 😂

08/01/2022

Courgette from the garden that I grated and froze is making these muffins mouthwatering!!

Made with white spelt flour from .

07/01/2022

Unfiltered scene from the bus stop this afternoon. It’s chilly…

04/01/2022

Taking advantage of the kids shooting basketball hoops outside to get some laundry done and thought I’d share this cute hand-embroidered pillowcase that we got as a wedding present from the mother of my dear friend Ellen Hall. Still enjoying her generosity after all these years…

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