The custom of continuing to thatch farm buildings with rye straw throughout the 19th and into the 20th century was among the most intriguing. This traditional craft was handed down ...

An office job was never going to suit Tom Allan. Though a London publishing house was the obvious route with an English degree, he knew very quickly that he wanted to be outdoors working with his ...

Dr. James Beard’s Turfgrass Encyclopedia defines thatch “as an intermingled organic layer of dead and living shoots, stems, and roots of grasses that develops between the turf canopy of green ...

At the Donegal Thatching School, master thatchers teach their skills to help preserve Ireland's long tradition of thatched-roofed cottages A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of ...

Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its latest ...

MINNEAPOLIS--Did you know those beautiful thatched roofs many associate with England and Ireland are available here in Minnesota? Master thatcher William Cahill of Cincinnati, OH, has been thatching ...