<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:39:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bghandmade/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Herbal tea mix! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each winter we have a daily ritual of making a pot of herbal tea. We drink some for breakfast, some for lunch and some after dinner time. The aim is not focused on medicine, even if all the herbs certainly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/naturalmedicine/@bghandmade/herbal-tea-mix-i0n7mppe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/naturalmedicine/@bghandmade/herbal-tea-mix-i0n7mppe</guid><category><![CDATA[naturalmedicine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:17:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUxWiee3TAEjE1qV3h9efABSfRDJPCZfpxggzDXVV64iRGcctizMMNt1j96Rc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counting stats! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, not really! 😂 But almost! We're working on a Christmas card order for an old time customer. The card will combine handmade paper as well as Italian watercolor paper - lightly textured and with cotton]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/handmade/@bghandmade/counting-stats-rkq45jr2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/handmade/@bghandmade/counting-stats-rkq45jr2</guid><category><![CDATA[handmade]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixEKJQhAjVdZ3mE2qFHz331k6jgF8wioUhnU2BkQ8df5C7MJYhgooo5LxUT5E6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bales of straw delivered! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our future next door neighbours (they will be actual neighbours once our house is finished) are small scale grain farmers. They lease about 250 acres farmland which they plant with corn, sunflower and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/bales-of-straw-delivered-eu7d6d0a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/bales-of-straw-delivered-eu7d6d0a</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:43:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixEhmcD1otT4uQYgKhtvtaEzuGD19YqxmLM1DQRznHSWU4hLYfx4MEishhMfVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorful medicine!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok so seeing that my last post about hot foil stamping did not get any interest from you guys I suppose I'll have to go back to gardening posts! Today I have a single photo post for you! But what a photo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/colorful-medicine-ywauoq4c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/colorful-medicine-ywauoq4c</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:22:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixVbna6XbqKxYsfuaUGp7ftUUrMBBoRLDrzyPeqW4Wa7TAiWxp5Y6evsWv4tL6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot foil stamping in gold!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week we had a very nice project to work on! OK it was not one of the handmade paper creations we usually do, but still very pleasing. We had the chance to use our foil hot stamping machine! 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I see]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diy/@bghandmade/a-really-scrap-wood-table-a-first-for-us-eltw7vc7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diy/@bghandmade/a-really-scrap-wood-table-a-first-for-us-eltw7vc7</guid><category><![CDATA[diy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:32:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUgb4DLuMRADebwxxna13HTLeiFDfy6kUnAb8ei45PXnNqju1jHK8cpyzJUzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peppers and tomatoes in our summer garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok so I've been building up the suspense 😂 with summer photos of the garden and soon will post the final few photos before I come to present day! That will be a relief as I won't struggle with sorting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/peppers-and-tomatoes-i-our-summer-garden-utyhqi02</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/peppers-and-tomatoes-i-our-summer-garden-utyhqi02</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDLjvZ3CMnD3sG6yDwXRMdksm7svNyWruVH6PCPHuWA3C5i6uMnKWFnuVxpMk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving tomato seeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each year in the height of the summer our most important task is saving the seeds of all tomato varieties we grow. Generally saving seeds is an easy and pleasant activity in the garden. 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As you can probably tell from the photo tomatoes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/more-summer-harvesting-sagdhw5p</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/more-summer-harvesting-sagdhw5p</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:07:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixE4GvxnWporyJ1WwtkdbnrQFMxZ7PrSCd5VJqWRUb8uNvTdokXAYqXKAuAN8N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural and pressed handmade paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a very long time since I posted any of our hand made paper projects! Really it's not on purpose and not because we lack projects. 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I'm certain there is a reason I took a specific photo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/tomato-galore-otkrfk4z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/tomato-galore-otkrfk4z</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUJCxjWJ6wnMiaN8nLSzpgmVw3pvqwmvkDUJXp9hoFRPUS5SaqtX5brMQub6n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mycelium growing!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, our holiday quickly transformed into a pile of orders and things to catch up with at day work and in our handmade paper business. That's all good, but with the added pressure of canning and freezing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/mycelium-growing-hj09pe5y</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/mycelium-growing-hj09pe5y</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 21:24:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDfXPyXA7G9QpK3RTHP1JuqZKTqTVHF7BUtmPH48FmLysjJbUFTAcUZtPaBYJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camping trip was great!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow those two weeks went SHWOOSH! Time really flies when you're having a great time! We spent a week at two different campsite along the Black Sea coast. Each was great! Kids had a blast of course. And]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beach/@bghandmade/camping-trip-and-as-great-go7r18k8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beach/@bghandmade/camping-trip-and-as-great-go7r18k8</guid><category><![CDATA[beach]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixCNPXEJgPD4YtoZ9FwUP8yNqDPZvgbgthnGAdrQ64NiXJGEBTYhgQtLDBhNyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone camping! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey all, our family is currently camping at the seaside - Black Sea coast. So posts will be few in the next two weeks! Here is a photo of the beach we visit! And here is part of our camp, always fun with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/camping/@bghandmade/gone-camping-vchrjjqi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/camping/@bghandmade/gone-camping-vchrjjqi</guid><category><![CDATA[camping]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixVzFjrdLyt9T3HynQYuqnPizwpHWogQz9u6AeZuyRdPzonynBonU6AGHBmcSJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picking green beans! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[So we started teaching the kids how to pick green beans! It's been a great success! They still lack the patience to pick a whole bed of beans but make it into a game, to discover where the pods are and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/picking-green-beans-o9r3wuq5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@bghandmade/picking-green-beans-o9r3wuq5</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bghandmade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 19:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDLoUZYELEoMM3Qg9y3LbVLrgS9zRkvj4M2pSmcUAWqfKHZVxRQ2b1CTShhXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tomato keeper! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a quick post to share a funny photo :) One of the yard cats napping in the cool of the moist soil and tomato shade. 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