The Worm Farmer's Daughter

Woolly Blankety Goodness

I have previously shared with you my Temperature Blanket journey (see here for the finished product) and I have several other blankets that I have made over the years so the other day when I was […]

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Menu Planning

I have been menu planning for a while now, using the method of looking in the cupboards/fridge/freezer on a Sunday night to see what needs to be used up and writing up the menu plan […]

Christmas gifts / Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / Letter writing / Sewing

Christmas Crafting

Now that the madness of Christmas has subsided and all of the gifts have been opened, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made and gave in 2018. I had […]

Crochet / Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / recycling / Sustainability / Travel

Christmas is my favourite holiday and on the 1st December, without fail, I put up the Christmas Tree. I have a wee ritual of eating mince pies and watching a Christmas Movie, normally Love Actually […]

Crochet / Handmade

Christmas Wreath

I have long been a follower of Lucy’s blog Attic24 and have admired the amazing seasonal wreaths that she has made over the years. She has made 5 in all, Autumn, Winter, Easter, Christmas and May […]

Gardening / Handmade / homegrown / Local / Love food hate waste / No Waste

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 a tin with some holes punched in the bottom as […]

Gardening / Handmade / homegrown / Local / No Waste / Sustainability

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 no bother for our vege seedlings which are tucked up […]

Crochet / Handmade / No Waste / Plastic Free July / Sustainability

Handmade shower puff

Since I took part in Plastic Free July we have been looking at other ways we can reduce plastic and waste in our house. Hubby asked if I could crochet a shower puff so I […]

Homemade / Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes / Sustainability

Homemade Creamy Hummus

While I was on holiday recently I discovered a new brand of hummus which was so delicious and creamy, I was compelled to try and recreate it at home. I had tried making hummus in […]

Homemade / Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes

Fennel and Couscous Salad

This salad came about from a stuffing recipe for chicken, a salad to go with the chicken and a salad recipe I found online when I was looking for instructions on how to cook giant […]