Samhain Candle Magick
If you're stuck for something to do to mark this special time of the year then this is a simple way to get involved. I think there's many...
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woodlarker
- Oct 28
- 2 min
Spirit of Old Shop Info
Next shop update Monday 4th December, evening UK time Here I'll be aiming for around 7pm. Please see below for time zone conversions New...
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woodlarker
- Oct 1
- 1 min
Hello October
Listen! The wind is rising, And the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings: Now for October eves! Humbert Wolfe - Poet...
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woodlarker
- Sep 29
- 1 min
Harvest Full Moon
Wishing you all a blessed harvest full moon
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woodlarker
- Sep 27
- 2 min
Spirit of Old Facebook Page Update
As most of our readers will know, Woodlarking is an offshoot of our main business, Spirit of Old. Over many years, we've built up a huge...
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woodlarker
- Sep 23
- 6 min
It's Time to Get Foraging Those Hazelnuts!
If you take a wander out there in the woods and green spaces, you'll see there's plenty of free food at the moment. There are some simple...
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woodlarker
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Warm Feet for Woodlarkers
If there's one thing a woodlarker needs to keep them happy, it's warm socks and comfy feet in the colder months. If you've ever worn...
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woodlarker
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Hedgerow Apple Pie
In this part of Wessex, today is known as apple pie day so every year in our house, we make an apple pie from our homegrown apples. Over...
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woodlarker
- Aug 23
- 18 min
Preserving the Old Ways Part 1
There’s something very soul-satisfying about ambling along ancient tracks, and even more so when you’re able to forage some of the autumn...
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woodlarker
- Aug 3
- 9 min
Nettles: Folklore of Wergulu
Did you know there's a common plant growing in the UK which can be foraged and harvested for free, and that has superfood status? Those...
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woodlarker
- Jul 1
- 6 min
The Medieval Salisbury Giant
We had a trip to Salisbury today. For anyone reading this from afar, Salisbury (pronounced Solls-bury) is a small city here in southern...
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woodlarker
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Hanging Out With Very Old Trees
There are several Saxon yews dotted around the ancient woodland, and along the trackways and holloways of my local area. There's one very...
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woodlarker
- May 21
- 9 min
The Folklore of Spring
If there’s one certainty to everything in life it’s that time keeps ticking on. Amid the mad rush (or quiet stillness) of the everyday,...
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woodlarker
- Apr 10
- 5 min
A Wild Harvest of Ramsons
An amble deep into the forest is always full of unexpected finds. Unless you leave the well-trodden path there's so much of the woodland...
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woodlarker
- Jan 29
- 2 min
The Quickening
Do you ever look at the land around you and imagine how it used to look thousands of years ago? Filter out all the modern clutterings and...
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woodlarker
- Oct 9, 2022
- 6 min
Crabapple Jelly Making
It's crabapple season here in the UK! We're lucky enough to have a fair few particularly old trees in our local area, some dotted...
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woodlarker
- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
Peering Back to the Bronze Age
Recounting discovering a Bronze Age arrowhead and two other ancient finds. Imagining the incredible stories these pieces could tell.
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woodlarker
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
Local Dialect: Gert!
A look at the southern Britain and West Country local dialect word "gert".
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woodlarker
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Old Tales of Wrens and Kings
Yesterday, we visited a favourite lane. It's the one which has the old ivy-covered tree stump which had, several weeks ago now, sprouted...
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woodlarker
- May 28, 2022
- 7 min
The Folklore of Crossroads
Years ago now, I was walking on the South Downs on a new-to-me footpath. It was pretty and I'd been strolling for a while, lost in...
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