Happy New Year everyone! Start of a new year means a good time to clear up the clutter in one's life. Our dining room table is ALWAYS so cluttered. You see, it's also our office. We have our diaries open on the table, and any books or articles we are reading. Every time we want…
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Best Gardening Tips
I love my garden. It is a place where I feel alive, where I find my peace and where I grow strong, healthy organic food. It is also a place I like to play in. Where I find that inner child and where there are no rules. Where I can be creative. I love to…
Divine Enveloping Odour ( DIY Deo)
Let's talk deodorant. Back when my son was just 14yrs old, he spent nearly a year on the couch, cradling his head from crippling headaches and migraines. Endless trips to doctors, paediatricians and even a neuro specialist brought slim relief. He lived on pain killers and the last straw came when he was prescribed an…
Upcycled Christmas Tree
'Tis the Season. The Festive Season. Some people love it, while others dread it. I love what Christmas stands for....Family. Love. Celebration. Togetherness. Festive decorations. And letting the creative juices flow.... Gather your resources; offcut plywood and coffee pouches. So when our village announced an Upcycled Christmas Tree competition, I jumped in Boots and All!…
A very Merry Sustainable Christmas
A consumer, as defined by the Cambridge online dictionary means to use up energy, fuel, time or food in especially large amounts. If a fire is said to consume a building, it literally means it destroys it completely. And us humans, we are consumers. We feel compelled to use up large amounts of resources at…
Eco DIY Breadcrumbs
We went on holiday for two weeks and returned to found we had left a Sourdough Seed Loaf in our fridge. It was perfectly fine, albeit a bit dried out. We could have fed the birds but I have personal motto, "Waste Not, Want Not." So in no time at all, we have a jar…
Fermented Fartychokes
Okay, lets talk fermenting....it's a brilliant way of preserving foods and preventing them from rotting or exceeding their Best Before Date. Every country has it's own special cultural identity of fermented foods, take Germany and it's Sauerkraut, Japan and it's Miso and Natto, Korea and it's Kimchi..... Not only does fermenting preserve these foods, but…
