Festive Ferns!

Can you imagine how delighted we were to stumble across this lovely looking Broad Buckler fern (Dryopteris dilatata) in our garden with a cheerful Father Christmas peeping up at us? We thought it would be the perfect photograph for our last blog before Christmas. We very much hope everyone, no matter how they celebrate this lovely season, has a 'ferntastic' time. Wishing our family, friends and all the world peace and comfort over the holiday season and beyond. Tina and Ted

The Fern Hollow Out and About!

We were excited this week to showcase The Fern Hollow at a Christmas Fair held at The National Library, Aberystwyth. This was our first craft fair as sellers and we were definitely outside of our comfort zone! It turned out to be a great experience - we learned plenty and sold one of our dear DanDan benches! Our table (actually much smaller than expected) was placed beside local weavers who had the most amazing display and such quality items (we had to work on threatening imposter syndrome with our 'rustic' exhibits!). We were very fortunate to be placed beside such friendly, positive people who were more than happy to share their ten years worth of experience with these two newcomers feeling their way in new territory. It was a good evening and we will most certainly be taking The Fern Hollow back out on the road next year armed with a little more knowledge and plenty of enthusiasm. Wishing you all peace and comfort as always, Tina and Ted

Frosty Ferns!

Like many parts of the country, our area saw a major drop in the temperature this week. This can be tolerated with joy when sunshine peeps through and the world looks like an image on a stunning Christmas card! We can't resist sharing with you this wonderful photograph we took on our walk of a frosty Broad Buckler Fern (Dryopteris dilatata) looking splendid and unconcerned by this presence of beautiful tiny ice crystals. How strong and resilient ferns are! Hopefully, unlike the great outdoors, you are all keeping warm during this chilly spell of weather. As always, we wish peace and comfort to all you lovely people. Tina and Ted