Jane’s Journal
The Health Benefits of my Trip to Naples
8 months ago
How I worked from Naples for a month
how I work while travelling digital nomad
8 months ago
How to know when you need to begin living more intentionally
how to know when you need to start living more intentionally slow living
8 months ago
Travelling solo in my Fifties
travelling solo to Naples, Italy in my fifties
9 months ago
My travel filming kit
9 months ago
How to pick sprays of autumn leaves for decoration
how to make autumn leaves last in an arrangement.
1 year ago
How to transform the way you plan out your time
free four part planning course to plan your year 2023
1 year ago
Make a fuss free table setting
making a sustainable seasonal festive table setting for Christmas
1 year ago
Collecting acorns at Loch Lomond
a walk to Loch Lomond to collect acorns for natural dyeing
2 years ago
Visible mending on a knitted jumper
creative visible mending of jumper, wool darning, sustainable fashion
2 years ago
The joy of a sitooterie
Making an outdoor space for working during the winter sitooterie
2 years ago
A revolt against capitalism
Running an anti capitalist business in a period of degrowth
2 years ago
Can a sense of belonging save the world?
A Seasonal Way course How a sense of belonging and empowerment can connect people to the natural world
2 years ago
Blackcurrant and miso ice cream
blackcurrant and miso ice cream recipe
2 years ago
On being social - Instagram changes and virtual coffee breaks
Instagram changes 2022 and the way that social media has shaped my life
2 years ago
Making time (or swapping it)
time management and creating a slower life
2 years ago
Pickled garlic scape recipe
recipe for pickled garlic scape
2 years ago
Late bloomers: lessons from nature
being a late bloomer in life
2 years ago
Bracken folklore and history
History and folklore of bracken
2 years ago
Buttercups as cut flowers
Using buttercups as cut flowers
2 years ago
A new definition of wealth
a new definition of wealth Charles Eisenstein
2 years ago
House Martins
nature notes on house martins
2 years ago
The Hawthorn Tree - Magic and Ritual
hawthorn tree celebrations Neo paganism Beltane
2 years ago
Getting back to making clothes
starting to making your own clothes, freehand machine embroidery
2 years ago
The joy of snail mail and how to send more letters
sending proper letters slow mail
2 years ago
Rainy days in December
2 years ago
Alignment and making things easy
how to create aligned brand values for a small business
3 years ago
What is your idea of a simple Christmas?
3 years ago
Gaps and Fire Breaks - simple tips for when life is too busy
how to reduce overwhelm
3 years ago
Five good things I've learned from having a chronic auto immune disease
living with a chronic illness Addisons disease
3 years ago
Baby chicks
baby chicks in Snapdragon's garden
3 years ago
Forcing spring branches
How to force spring branches
3 years ago
How shrinking my business increased my income.
The minimal viable number of customers, slow business
3 years ago
Bowl of Paperwhite Narcissi
planting up a bowl of bulbs
4 years ago
How to practice gratitude
simple ways to practice gratitude
4 years ago
Introducing a pay what you can option for Studio Club membership
disruptive business models
4 years ago
Visible mending with Flora Collingwood-Norris
visible mending with Flora Collingwood Norris, decorative Manding
4 years ago
Interview: The Bright Blooms
Interview with The Bright Blooms sustainable making
4 years ago
A note on wild swimming
Kat Goldin on wild swimming in Scotland
4 years ago
The history of Scotland's kelp industry
4 years ago
Where selkies swim: meet Alison Moore
Alison Moore on sea swimming in Orkney
4 years ago
How to make cut flowers last
how to make garden flowers last in the vase. Get longer vase life from flowers
4 years ago
Ideas for greening when you need to stay indoors
how does being in nature help with chronic illness. Tips for chronic health problems Addisons disease
4 years ago
It's not about the bread
slow down simple living and making sourdough bread
4 years ago
Seeing yourself
seeing yourself through other eyes and friendship
5 years ago
Create your magical life a little bit at a time
How to plan your year and find time for the things you love.
5 years ago
Natural gift wrap - autumn leaves
5 years ago
Five ways to step back from overwhelm
5 ways to get over overwhelm
5 years ago
Perfectionism and making do
how to get over perfectionism
5 years ago
In search of the simple life
looking for the simple life
5 years ago
How to force small spring bulbs indoors
growing flowering bulbs indoors spring snowdrops crocus
5 years ago
Indoor bulbs - the cheats version
growing hyacinth bulbs inside
6 years ago
Overwhelm and the fruit harvest
how to deal with overwhelm in your business - my 3 techniques for helping with small business overwhelm
6 years ago
Foraging for flowers
foraging for wild flowers and making arrangements from grass
6 years ago
The windowsill flower arrangement - white
tips for arranging flowers in bottles
6 years ago
A walk by Loch Lomond
walking loch lomond national park, Scotland
6 years ago
How to keep a tidy house (sort of)
how to have a calm house when you are a messy person
6 years ago
Just a little posy of flowers . .
making tiny flower arrangements for bedside tables, weddings and guest bedrooms.
6 years ago
The accidental foraging expert (my tv appearance)
recipe for foraged nettle risotto
6 years ago
Peak Yellow - seasonal musings
yellow is the colour of spring.
6 years ago
3 ideas for getting into the flow
3 ways to increase the flow in your life
6 years ago
Seasonal living - why I left my great job because I didn't see Spring.
why Snapdragon is all about seasonal living
6 years ago
Aiming for analogue - switching off my phone
phone addiction and how to stop it.
6 years ago
Where we are - Loch Lomond National Park
Have you ever wondered where Snapdragon is based? Read my blog post . . .
7 years ago
Romantic table flowers
flower arranement for wedding tables
10 years ago
The nature table windowsill.
nature tables, flower arranging on a budget, arranging garden flowers
10 years ago
My top 5 spring flowers for cutting
spring flowers cut flower tips
11 years ago