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 …
Homegrown Potatoes
Category: Local
Vintage and Thrift
Here in Wellington we have a number of great thrift shops to choose from and I visit quite regularly. Recently we made a trek out …
A Year of Thrift
Happy New Year! I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020. As mentioned in this post, I pledged not …
Backyard visitors
Since we have been in lockdown we have noticed more birds around. I don’t know whether it is because we are at home all day …
Microgreens experiment
While in lockdown, we are trying to make sure that we maintain eating our 5 plus a day. So far, so good but to make …
The slow art of Sourdough
Lockdown day 8 for us here in New Zealand and my sourdough starter has been getting a great workout the past week. Now that I …
Charity Knitting
Every year I try to do some knitting for charity. I volunteer for a group called Crafty Volunteers who facilitate the distributing of the knitting …
A shot in the dark
For the past 8 weeks I have been having loads of fun and meeting some great new people while taking a night class in Night …
Using our paper pots
So now that you have made loads of newspaper plant pots, you can fill them up and put them somewhere warm to sprout. We use …
How to: Newspaper Seed Pots
Spring has definitely sprung down here in our part of the world, although we are experiencing a last gasp cold snap this weekend. This is …