Rosemary is great and a Tudor history friend! So talented!

#Fragment recently found under loose floorboards in 1614 part of house. Looking for suggestions in regard to age and original use. Stained back & painted front. Very rigid so less likely part of clothing.

They do need full sun and don’t like very wet ground in the winter. The only lavender that makes it through a harsh winter is the English one.

I wish gardening programs would stop telling people to trim their #lavender#bees#butterflies. Here to stay.

‘A pinch of Tudor seasoning: restoring past repast’ - my talk at #traceswww.eventbrite.ie/e/7th-nation...

7th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference

Traces the archaeology of small places

Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful! You really are a very accomplished Tudor lady!

My summer sewing project is complete and my blackwork embroidered coif fits! #embroidery#blackwork#elizabethan#historicalcostume 🪡

Our home and garden are literally littered with rubbish from the past making me a hoarder of historic waste. Everything is being carefully cleaned and analysed before being boxed and stored. The most exciting finds are those that can be clearly matched to a previous resident.

@tudorplaces.bsky.social#tudorcon at Agecroft Hall in Richmond

John Gerard tells his readers in 1597, that the Indians use the Yucca root for making bread which they call 'Cazaua' or 'Casava'. So, #cassava flour was used by the indigenous tribes but it is unlikely it was used in England by that time.