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Preserves

We had a public holiday on Monday for Wellington Anniversary weekend so I took advantage of the extra day off to clean out my preserves …

Preserving Organising, preservingLeave a commentJanuary 25, 2023January 22, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Homegrown Potatoes

Yesterday we harvested our first attempt at growing potatoes.  We didn’t get as many as we were hoping for but we were pleased with the …

Gardening, homegrown, Local, Love food hate waste, menu planning, No Waste coffee sack, homegrown, love food, no waste, PotatoesLeave a commentJanuary 23, 2023January 22, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Blueberry, Ginger and Walnut bread

I like a good dutch oven bread recipe.  No kneading, leave it to rise overnight and bake it the next day.  I found this Cranberry …

Baking, Homemade, Love food hate waste, Recipes Blueberry, bread, Dutch Oven, Ginger, No knead, WalnutLeave a commentJanuary 22, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Sunflowers

Welcome to the weekend!  Today I thought I would share with you some photos of the sunflowers that are giving us a beautiful show in …

Creatures, Gardening, homegrown Dragonfly, gardening, homegrown, SunflowersLeave a commentJanuary 21, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Sewing Update – Burnside Bibs

Every so often, I find a sewing pattern that is so good, I end up making multiple garments of the same pattern.  Burnside Bibs by …

Handmade, Me made wardrobe, Sewing Burnside Bibs, denim, handmade, linen, me made wardrobe, sewing, tartanLeave a commentJanuary 20, 2023January 18, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Zucchini glut!

We are currently experiencing a zucchini glut in our garden and in desperation I turned to Google for some ideas to use them up.   I …

Gardening, homegrown, Homemade, Love food hate waste, No Waste, Preserving, Recipes, recycling homegrown, homemade, love food hate waste, preserving, recipes, recycling, zucchini picklesLeave a commentJanuary 18, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Mini Christmas stockings

You might be forgiven for thinking this is a post about some stockings I made for Christmas 2022.   I was super organised during the holidays …

Christmas gifts, Handmade, recycling, Sewing christmas decorations, christmas gifts, handmade, recycling, sewingLeave a commentJanuary 10, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Calendar pages to envelopes

While I was visiting my friend in Christchurch, she gave me some old calendars to recycle.  She had given me some a couple of years …

Handmade, Letter writing, No Waste, recycling calendars, envelopes, handmade, letter writing, pen pals, Recycled, reuseLeave a commentJanuary 8, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

T-shirt to cushion transformation

I popped down to Christchurch the weekend before Christmas to visit my oldest friend who had a significant birthday on Christmas Day. We have been …

Handmade, recycling, Sewing, Sustainability, Vintage Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, cushion, Def Leppard, Exponents, handmade, Mash up, recycling, reuse, sewing, T-shirtsLeave a commentJanuary 5, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

You can improve on a good thing

I have a recipe for chocolate chip biscuits that my mum used to make for us when we were little.  I have made it so …

Baking, Homemade, Love food hate waste, Recipes baking, chocolate chip biscuits, homemade, love food hate waste, recipeLeave a commentJanuary 4, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

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