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Winter Pasta Sauce
The bottom shelf of the pantry is looking a bit empty of preserves. We’ve exhausted our supplies of homegrown tomato sauce and relish. Sadly, the midwinter garden vege supply is not very forthcoming....
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The Art Studio Made from Recyclia
I visited my sister today, who is in the final stages of furnishing her new art studio. She and her husband have built it using mostly recycled bits and pieces from around town and what they could find...
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Brown Sugar Pamper Hand Scrub
I made a quick and easy sugar scrub for my poor chapped hands tonight. Winter doesn’t do skin any favours. This is something you can do in an ad break, while the coffee is brewing, or as the wine...
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Quick Pamper Hand Soak
Following on from the Brown Sugar Pamper Hand Scrub, I made a hand soak tonight. It’s not just about looking after my hands. It’s also about taking the time to make something purely for myself, and...
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Seedy
More seed planting tonight while the oven heated up for lazy bread. The reasons for this were: So I don’t have to splash out a small fortune on seedlings in the spring To supplement my (so far very...
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Reducing the Cleaning Bottles – Carpet Splotches
I spot cleaned my lounge carpet this morning. Squished raisins and bits of jam had taken their toll. For my own peace and sanity, we are not a family where the children eat at the dining table for...
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Winter Cuttings
I took some cuttings tonight from Teucrium which I snaffled from a friends garden. This is such an easy way to get free plants. It’s the kind of thing I do without planning – you don’t need to know...
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The Green Grocer
Shopping Day. Not the supermarket chore it used to be. Now it involves buying up bulk at the peaceful bulk food shop, then popping next door to the family-owned green grocer. The great thing about the...
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Seeds go Postal
A bit of a thrill today when seeds arrived via courier. The reasons I ordered them online were: I was getting cross at the lack of herbs my local garden shop supplied (they’re great with veges and...
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Doing the Sustainability in the Chaos
With a large contract to work on, blogging has taken a back seat over the past few weeks. It’s also been school holidays, and the entire family came down with the cold and spew bugs in the same week....
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