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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

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 …

Local, recycling, Sustainability, thrifting recycling, reuse, second hand, thrifting, Upper Hutt, vintage, WellingtonLeave a commentSeptember 29, 2021 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Local, road trip, Sustainability, thrifting op shop, reuse, road trip, slow fashion, thriftingLeave a commentJanuary 3, 2021 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Creatures, Local, Lockdown Covid 19 backyard, Bird Feeder, Finches, nature, Nectar Feeder, NZ birds, Silvereyes, Sparrows, Starlings, Tui, wildlfeLeave a commentMay 19, 2020 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Gardening, homegrown, Local, Love food hate waste, menu planning, Sustainability gardening, growing, homegrown, lockdown, lovefoodhatewaste, microgreens, sustainabilityLeave a commentApril 17, 2020 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Baking, Handmade, Homemade, Local, Love food hate waste, menu planning, No Waste, Recipes, Sustainability baking, bread, handmade, homemade, local, lovefoodhatewaste, menuplanning, nowaste, recipes, sustainabilityLeave a commentApril 2, 2020 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Handmade, Knitting, Local booties, charity, crafty volunteers, knittingLeave a commentNovember 6, 2019 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Local, Photography dark, night, Photography, WellingtonLeave a commentJuly 5, 2019 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Gardening, Handmade, homegrown, Local, Love food hate waste, No Waste gardening, growing, handmade, homegrown, newspaper seed pots, no waste, seedlings, sustainable, vegesLeave a commentOctober 28, 2018 Rachel McKelvie

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 …

Gardening, Handmade, homegrown, Local, No Waste, Sustainability gardening, handmade, homegrown, how to, local, newspaper plant pots, no waste, planting, seeds, sustainableLeave a commentOctober 28, 2018 Rachel McKelvie

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