Christopher Mockridge 
Obviously we love Dartmoor for its vast open expanses, for its violent beauty, but an afternoon spent gazing at a tranquil sea is an afternoon well spent. You don’t need me to tell you how we all seem to live ‘connected’ lives, staring at screens for hours, writing replies as we rush to the next … Read more
I want to say thanks to the guy who runs the servers that power our website. He powers lots of other websites, but obviously mine is the one I care about most. Which is why when I screwed my website up, his help meant the world to me. He got dartmoorsheepskins.co.uk back online within minutes … Read more
Maybe Nelly sees the beauty in ordinary things…. she has been loving this stick for days now, carrying it tenderly from spot to spot, offering it apples, potatoes and a courgette. It all started when we found a perfectly intact potato on the window sill, unmarked by teeth or anything else, and we wondered… just … Read more
With considerable skepticism I announce the germination of a Eucalyptus genii and that we have a cider gum seedling! If I’m right, and I am Never Wrong, we have successfully germinated a Cider Gum (Eucalyptus genii) seed and raised a Cider Gum seedling. The trick to germinating them is in making the seeds experience their … Read more
I’m really sorry I broke our website today – please accept a 20% appology for the next 2 weeks. Type the “wally” coupon into your cart for a 20% discount. I promise not to upload really, really big photos to the website in future!
How to start a bottle garden. As it gets wetter and our attentions turn inward for winter it’s a good time to consider houseplants, here are instructions on how to make a bottle garden – the easiest of ALL indoor plants. The only sort of arrangement that requires almost no effort whatsoever is a bottle … Read more
Dartmoor sheepskins garden Dartmoor sheepskins garden is in beautiful colour at this time of year. Here at Sheepskin Towers we love colour, that’s why we sell really cheerful natural dye! We also know the value of being outdoors, here’s our favourite photos from our October garden​. Check out our guide to growing Topia here Check … Read more
Everyone loves Topia exclaimed the woman who sold me my first little pot of it. Luckily, not only is it so delightful, it is also very easy to grow. See below for instructions on how to grow Topia. How to grow Topia Get yourself some seeds ready for spring, sow them in compost and put them … Read more
I’ve just planted a beautiful ornamental brassica, I’m not naive… those slugs will have eaten it by tomorrow, but you have to try! Here at Sheepskin Towers we like to do things naturally, so slug bait is off the cards. It would seem wrong to go to all the effort of sourcing natural dyes, ethical … Read more
In an act of untrammeled laziness, I failed to get all the sunflowers planted out – this one become an unintentional bonsai, and is now in flower! You may remember me boasting about this really tall sunflower from the same pack of seeds, the only difference was the neglect shown to the tiny sunflower. Something … Read more