Every time it rains or they plough the fields more and more quartz pebbles are unearthed – which have to be collected by my son. So his pockets are full by the end of a walk and then inevitably mine too! As I type this the windowsill in our living room is covered in bits and pieces from the fields found in the last few weeks – pebbles and loads of pottery too. They find their way to other places in the house eventually but this stash we found another use for.

We did the same thing with Bindweed flowers too.Some racing snails thrown in for good measure.