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Tag: no waste

How to: Newspaper Seed Pots
Gardening / Handmade / homegrown / Local / No Waste / Sustainability
  • October 28, 2018
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  • 3 mins
  • 7 years
  • 342 words
  • 31

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 […]

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Handmade shower puff
Crochet / Handmade / No Waste / Plastic Free July / Sustainability
  • September 30, 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 155 words
  • 2

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 […]

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Saturday shopping – plastic free mission
No Waste / Plastic Free July
  • July 9, 2018
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  • 3 mins
  • 7 years
  • 308 words
  • 4

Saturday shopping – plastic free mission

Plastic Free July. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to shop without getting any single use plastic. Challenge accepted. My first port of call was the vege market, no problems there, out […]

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No plastic? Fantastic!
Handmade / No Waste / Sustainability
  • July 1, 2018
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  • 7 mins
  • 7 years
  • 920 words
  • 8

No plastic? Fantastic!

It’s officially Plastic Free July so I thought I would share some of the things I have been doing to try to reduce the amount of single use plastic we bring into the house.  I […]

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Rescued and Rehomed
No Waste / Sewing / Sustainability
  • March 17, 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 262 words

Rescued and Rehomed

A house across the road from ours is currently being renovated and a couple of weeks ago, there was a very full skip outside.  Hubby had been checking it out everyday on the way home […]

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Dishcloth Lovin’ Take 2
Handmade / Homemade / Knitting / Sustainability
  • September 5, 2017
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  • 1 min
  • 8 years
  • 149 words
  • 3

Dishcloth Lovin’ Take 2

As promised, I have been furiously knitting more dishcloths, this time with a new pattern which is fast turning out to be my favourite as it is so quick and easy to knit up and […]

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Beetroot Pickle
Love food hate waste / Preserving / Recipes / recycling / Sustainability
  • February 2, 2017
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  • 4 mins
  • 8 years
  • 592 words
  • 16

Beetroot Pickle

When I was growing up, I couldn’t stand beetroot.  It would be served at every BBQ and family gathering we went to and it was nearly always from a tin and had an overwhelming taste […]

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Chicken Apricot Pie
Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes
  • January 31, 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 176 words
  • 6

Chicken Apricot Pie

My recipe for Apricot and chicken stew serves 4 so I had some leftovers after I had made it as there was just 2 of us for dinner that night.  I always make sure I use […]

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Warm kumera salad
Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes
  • January 24, 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 299 words
  • 11

Warm kumera salad

I had a kumera knocking round in the vege basket that needed to be used up and some haloumi that we brought before Christmas that also needed to be used up so this quick and […]

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