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Here are a few useful tips and ideas to help you establish a healthy sleep pattern and routine.    1.  Try and adopt a regular sleep pattern.   If you can go to sleep and get up at the same time every day this will help set your body’s internal clock and improve the quality of your sleep. Choose a bed time when you normally feel tired, so that you don’t toss and turn. If you’re getting enough sleep you should wake up naturally without an alarm. If you need an alarm clock, you may need an earlier bedtime.  Try to...

We're finally at that time of year again when the air is feeling cooler, the days are becoming shorter and the leaves are turning, Autumn is definitely upon us! With this in mind our thoughts are turning to making ourselves snug and warm and extra cosy both indoors and outside with long walks in the woods, baking, meeting friends for hot chocolates and log fires in the evenings! One way of doing this is embracing the Danish style of Hygge* in what we do, wear and how we decorate our homes.    So what does Hygge mean?   It's creating a warm...

Woods and hedgerows are great places to find wild food and connect with nature.  As a nation we all love a bit of foraging and free food too, especially this time of year when Autumn begins to creep in and our hedgerows are full of blackberries probably the easiest of fruits to identify and pick.    Blackberries are normally at their best at the end of August to September. Legend has it any picked after the end of this month are best avoided, as the devil is said to have peed on them. We’re not sure this is true, but by...

Wear Your Face Mask Like Your Underpants! Remember to wear your face mask as you would your underwear : Only wear it if it's clean. Don't touch or adjust it – especially not in public! Do not lend or borrow. Make sure it's a comfortable fit. Wear it the right side out. If it's dirty, change it. If it's damp change it. If it's stained, throw it away. & if you wear your pants for more than a week, reassess your life!

As with all candles, the first burn is the most important. To begin, candles should burn one hour for every 1 inch in diameter of the actual candle size and make sure your candle has a full layer of liquid.  If the wax is not allowed to liquefy or to melt from edge to edge it will create a “memory ring,” especially if this is the first time the candle is lit. Once a candle has this “memory ring,” it will continue to tunnel and to burn that way for the life of the candle. Trim your wick!   We cannot...