Cottage Garden Skep

For those of you familiar with my videos you would have noticed in “A Loaf Worth Waiting For“ straw was left over from the Threshing process. There wasn’t enough to Thatch my roof so I opted for a skep instead. Before anyone asks. I do not know how long it took to make as I did it over a period of four days, dodging the rain, an hour here and there. The straw is an old long variety known as “Maris Widgeon“, any long straw will do. Available from Roof Thatching Suppliers. The bindings I made from Blackberry