Blackthorn Kraftworks

08/20/2024

Building a greenhouse over an old basement.

08/03/2024

This summer transplant was highly successful, and I wasn't at all surprised.

Heal-all

Although I've never seen it wild in my yard, I've grown some from seed. But I couldn't pass up adding more from an abundant wild source in Michigan, and another in West Virginia.

08/02/2024

Another successful transplant during flowering and high summer (not recommended).

Garden Phlox. This time from West Virginia.

08/02/2024

Foraging find.

Successfully transplanted.

05/18/2024

https://lynchburg.craigslist.org/grd/d/madison-heights-bielefelder-chicks/7748356590.html

Hatched May 18th Females (striped) are $6 a piece, or $5 a piece if you want 4 or more. Males (white spot on head) are $3 a piece. Bielefelder chickens are a heritage breed with sex-linked chick...

05/04/2024

https://lynchburg.craigslist.org/grd/d/madison-heights-free-range-organic-fed/7743774109.html

Mixed flock eggs from free range birds, fed exclusively from organic, non-soy feed. Unwashed to protect bloom, but not filthy. $5 per dozen or $20 for 5 dozen, will meet or deliver

05/04/2024

https://lynchburg.craigslist.org/grd/d/madison-heights-dark-cornish-laying-hens/7743778374.html

I have several Dark Cornish hens for sale, all 11 months old and established layers. Priced to sell as my sons have decided on a different breed to focus on. Will sell individually for $20, or packs...

05/04/2024

https://lynchburg.craigslist.org/grd/d/madison-heights-bielefelder-hatching/7743772317.html

A dozen Bielefelder hatching eggs for $50. These are from my second generation breeding group. Will meet or deliver, can ship, but price does not include shipping costs.

01/28/2022

Latest version of my rune and cable hat. A couple more tweaks and it'll be ready to publish as a pattern. 😊

01/04/2022

Devising my own pattern for a Liberty Cap based on the one Robert Conrad wore as Pasquinel in Centennial.

Who would want something like this?

06/23/2021

Just ordered several skeins of mohair/silk yarn to knit my first beaded shawl. I already have several hundred glass beads ready to go.

Pretty excited about this one.

04/05/2021

Finished this up a couple of weeks ago.