Well, what a lovely couple of weeks we’ve been having! We’ve been mentioned in a couple of lovely gardening gift lists for Christmas – both from the lovely Lyndsey at What You Sow as well as our friends over at Woolly Green. Thanks guys, your support does mean a lot! AND and and… …
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twool tops Evening Standard Gardening Gift List
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This Black Friday? Be a Black Sheep
It’s Black Friday tomorrow, and that means that people will be going consumer crazy… However, we’re bucking that trend, why not join us? For one day only, you can get your hands on this glorious creature. It’ll cost you £20 and ALL the proceeds go to our wonderful friends over at the Greenfingers Charity. …
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A Big Thank You
Huge thank you to everyone involved in the launch of our Woolly bag for Exeter Waitrose! What a fabulous lot at Waitrose Exeter – customers and partners alike! It was a wee bit draughty in the doorway, however, the lovely Geoffrey on customer services kept me plied with coffee in-between wrapping flowers and generally being …
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In The Press…
We’re super excited here in the twool shed this week – our twool woolly bag is coming home! From Saturday (21st November) you’ll be able to get your twool Woolly bags from Exeter Waitrose – why not come down and see us on Saturday? And we had a lovely write up in the Western …
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Silly String Part 1
At twool HQ it’s not all work, work, work… sometimes we sit around and drink tea and dunk spooky mummy gingerbreads into it. As the weather gets decidedly more grim, it’s time to get creative indoors. We’ve been having a brainstorm with straplines. Here are just a few of our favourites, tell us yours! twool – …
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What’s Cooking at twool HQ?
Apple Frangipane tart… Making the most of our apples at this time of the year and this year’s harvest has been fantastic! I actually found an apple that weighed in at 1lb 2oz! So special an apple requires a special recipe and this is one of my favourites! Ingredients Pastry 200g plain flour 100g soft …
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Wool Week
Wool Week is back! In it’s sixth year, the Campaign for Wool‘s Wool Week runs from the 5th – 11th October and celebrates the fabulousness that is the British wool industry. As you all know, this is something that we here at twool HQ share a passion for – and it’s not just about using …
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All The Fun at The Fair
Thank you so much to all who came to see and support us at Widecombe – we had a lovely time as usual, and look at the weather! See you there next year? It’s all go in the twool shed as we’re off to Glee!! Oooooh er!
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Whiteface and Widecombe Fair
We’m off to Widecombe Fair on Tuesd’y next… It’s been an important date for Dartmoor folk for years – the second Tuesday of September (this year the 8th from 9am) – it was originally the main livestock event of the calendar. The earliest written account was in 1850 primarily for locally bred Whiteface Dartmoor sheep, …
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What’s Cooking at twool HQ?
What to do with all those bullock plums?! Spiced Plum Chutney I think!! Pounds of plums were kicked off the tree by the bullocks so I’m putting them into one of my favourite – spiced plum chutney. It’s got a bit of a ‘kick’ to it itself with a little chilli added, it’s scrumptious of …
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What a Load of Bullocks
I must be the only bod on the planet that hasn’t watched Les Mis!!! Those of you who know me KNOW that I love a good musical! SOOOOO with Rod and Charlotte away, I decided to pour myself a massive GnT and get to grips… The first 10 mins… oh, challenging… the next 10 mins… oh, …
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Annual Collection of Whiteface Dartmoor Wool
This is our 4th annual collection of beautiful Whiteface Dartmoor wool from our small producers across Dartmoor. It’s an opportunity to catch up with everyone, share stories and embrace all that is sheepy!! Andrew, our woolly champion, once again has offered to help us and as we take a break to munch …
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Whiteface Ways and The Edwardian Farm
It’s our annual clip collection this week from our small producers on the moor and this weekend Rod and I popped up to see Colin Pearce (a friend and farmer of Whiteface Dartmoor sheep) as he is just about to retire. Colin is responsible for writing the books, history and archive on the breed and one …
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We’re Going to Glee!
Exclusively for Glee, we’re teaming up with Dalefoot Composts to offer a woolly collaboration with sustainability at its heart. Sustainable alternatives to everyday gardening products are crucial – from peat free compost to twine and rope – and with the trend for home grown produce and British grown plants and flowers, this sustainability in …
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What’s cooking at twool HQ… Kimalilli
With a bountiful abundance of courgettes and, I have to say, a bit of a reputation for my Kimalilli I cooked up a pot full here at twool HQ this weekend. Andrew, our wool merchant, is coming down from Yorkshire to help with the clip collection in a couple of weeks’ time and it’s his favourite. …
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