Book Extract
Crafty and creative: Lilly Higgins’s handbook of homemade projects
A new book by chef and author Lilly Higgins offers a creative handbook of seasonal crafts, projects and recipes designed to inspire readers to create their own sustainable, creative projects at home. In this extract, Higgins delivers two craft ideas perfect for the colder months of the year.
Dried hydrangeas
What you’ll need:
Healthy hydrangeas
Sharp garden shears or pruners
Vases or jugs to dry the hydrangeas in
Hydrangeas are having a moment, aren’t they? My granny was immensely proud of her hydrangeas. She moved from her old farmhouse in the 1970s and built a new, modern house complete with rows of bright hydrangeas alongside the driveway and thick, dark green conifer hedging. I always remember how ...
