New Year. Slow Fashion

Happy New Year and Happy New Decade everyone! I thought I would report in on the pledge I made last year to not buy any new clothes and appreciate and wear what I already had.  […]

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Slow fashion

I am doing really well with my pledge to not buy any new clothes this year.  I did buy some yarn for my mother – in – law to knit me a jersey but i’m […]

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Oh Christmas Tree

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 […]

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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 […]

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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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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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DIY Beeswax wraps

We are proud to be a gladwrap free household and have been for over a year.  I have been making and using beeswax wraps for a few years now and they are a great alternative […]

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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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My local Farmers Market

    Every Saturday rain, hail or shine, I get up early and head down to our local Farmers Market.  This is where I stock up on my veges for the week at a fraction […]

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Cotton Dishcloth Lovin’ Part 6

As promised, here is my latest batch of knitted dishcloths.  While I was poking round on the internet looking for dishcloth patterns, I found this website (it hasn’t been updated for a while) which led me […]

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