About this episode
This week, Editor of The Simple Things magazine, Lisa Sykes and regular contributor, Jo Tinsley seek out treasures of the season such as berries, hips, haws, pine cones and conkers; making magical land art; guerrilla gardening and seed bombs; growing unusual berries straight out of The Gruffalo ; and the subtle art of letting go. Small Ways to Live Well is a podcast from The Simple Things , a monthly magazine about slowing down, remembering what’s important and making the most of where you live. To subscribe or order a copy of the magazine visit thesimplethings.com Editing & music by Arthur Cosslett To read: The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables by Adam Alexander (Chelsea Green Publishing) Finding Quiet Strength by Judith Kleinman (Quickthorn) Tiny Traumas by Dr Meg Arroll (Thorsons) The National Trust Book of Crumbles by Laura Mason (Harper Collins) To make: Damson cheese, hawthorn berry ketchup and salted sloes https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/2014/09/10/fruits-hedgerow?rq=sloe Seed bombs https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/make-seed-bombs?rq=Seed%20bombs Pine cone bird feeder https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/2016/12/14/how-to-make-a-pine-cone-bird-feeder?rq=Goldfinches From The Simple Things Magazine : October WEAVE issue https://picsandink.com/products/the-simple-things-issue-148-october?_pos=1&_psq=The+Simple+Things&_ss=e&_v=1.0 November JEWEL issue https://picsandink.com/products/the-simple-things-issue-149-november?_pos=2&_psq=The+Simple+Things&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Flourish – volume 3 of our wellbeing bookazine https://picsandink.com/products/flourish-volume-3?_pos=1&_sid=45c0aa519&_ss=r On the blog: Wellbeing | How to let go of being busy https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/wellbeing-let-go-busyness?rq=Letting%20go Recipe | Sticky sloe and nut clusters https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/sloe-nut-clusters?rq=sloe%20treacle%20tart Our remedy of the week | Rosehip syrup https://www.thesimplethings.com/blog/2015/10/7/recipe-rosehip-syrup-and-sloe-gin?rq=sloe Feature references Seeds of memories, Berried treasure and Let it sloe (with a recipe for Sloe treacle tart) published in November 2022 (issue 125) Letting go feature published in October 2023 (issue 136) Fall into place (land art by artist James Brunt) published in November 2023 (issue 137) Back issues are available to buy at https://picsandink.com/collections/the-simple-things If you can’t find the issue you’re looking for send us an email