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I've just made myself a couple of jars of this citrus cleaner, which just...
I love waking up in the morning to find that my neighbour has left...
‘I’ve realised wanting to do too much is almost as toxic as wanting too...
My three year old is currently going through toilet training fun. I'm not generally a fan of using a lot of disinfectant and anti-bacterial products. If hospitals have switched back to using plain old soap, to stop the rise of super bugs, then I think I can be safe sticking with mostly soap and...
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There’s a reason that laundry pre-wash stain removers sell so well. It’s because treating stains as you go is a pain in the butt, and just impractical when those stains appear on your kid’s clothes during school hours or child care. Rinse out the paint while it’s still wet? Good luck. However, it is...
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Vegetable gardens not only bring fresh, seasonal produce to your table and immense satisfaction to your soul, but they can be inspirational and educational for your children. Working with compost, worms, water, seeds, insects, plant growth and the final fruits of your labour instil in children not only the importance of being involved with...
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One of our chickens has a broken leg.
Ocean (my daughter named her) got her leg caught in the tree the other day, as she was getting down in the morning. When we found her she was hanging by that one stuck foot, almost upside down. So what to do?
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I’ve decided this is to be the year when I really get a handle on homemade non-toxic cleaners of all kinds, by testing a bunch of recipes and tips to see what works. I already use my citrus-vinegar spray as a general purpose cleaner, either diluted with water or neat, which I love. And...
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I promised my very best chocolate chunk cookie recipe, and here it is!* And see the variations below for my Christmas Spice version of this recipe. Prep time: 25 min (less for the Christmas spice cookies) Cook time: 6 min Yields: Makes about 30 cookies. Low Gluten And (relatively) Low GI These delicious biscuits...
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A recent report from the Australian Climate Commission has called the current Australian heatwave unprecedented in measurement records, in terms of...
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A recent Senate report found that there was 'no evidence to suggest that inaudible infrasound (either from wind turbines or other...
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There is no doubt that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are more energy efficient than their predecessors, incandescent light bulbs. But the...
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Richard A. Muller, professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, looked at all the climate-change research and found some...
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Horizontal wells have been installed to remediate ground water pollution problems, in a landmark redevelopment construction project in Seoul, South Korea...
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My ten-year-old son Liam did the honours today, drawing a name out of a hat, to determine the winner of our...
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Vegetable gardens not only bring fresh, seasonal produce to your table and immense satisfaction to your soul, but they can be inspirational and educational for your children. Working with compost, worms, water, seeds, insects, plant growth and the final fruits of your labour instil in children not only the importance of being involved with...
One of our chickens has a broken leg. Ocean (my daughter named her) got her leg caught in the tree the other day, as she was getting down in the morning. When we found her she was hanging by that one stuck foot, almost upside down. So what to do?
Digging up fresh, earthy potatoes reminds me of hunting for Easter eggs as a child. The whole process of learning how to grow potatoes from start to finish is exciting really. Maybe because they are not the typical seed but rather a sprouting tuber that can be planted whole or cut apart. Maybe because...
Well firstly, we’ll establish the difference between sweet corn and the generic term, ‘corn’. Those lush fields of gold blowing in the summer wind I remember from my English childhood were corn, which in England tends to be a collective term for wheat, oats, barley or rye. Generally speaking, corn in America and Australia...
I always think of broccoli as a kind of superior cauliflower, but that could be something to do with childhood memories of English school dinners, where the ‘caulie’ was boiled to death, grey and unappetising. Yeuch. Talking of boiling, broccoli is a mass of valuable nutrients like glucoraphanin, which the body turns into sulforaphane,...
Carrots are a timeless vegetable. They add heartiness to a mid-winter stew or just the right amount of crunch to a summer salad. Most people think of carrots as long and tapered and of an iconic orange colour. However, carrots can also be colourful and round! Learning how to grow carrots is a relatively...
Raising organic, backyard chickens is one of the best decisions you can make to live more sustainably. Not only do they eat your vegetable scraps (in addition to a little grain), but they also pick snails and slugs from your garden, give you fabulous manure to add to your compost pile, and even lay...
How to Brew Compost Tea for Growing Vegetables Different compost teas have different properties, and the recipe you choose will depend on how you want to use it. Home grown vegetable crops will benefit from fertilization with a compost tea that is high in bacterial activity and rich in nitrogen. A mixture of vermicastings...
“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; Wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; Lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; Garlic makes it good.” ~Alice May Brock With winter on the horizon, the anticipation of hearty chowders, spicy chilis and rich, filling pastas gets me excited...
My three year old is currently going through toilet training fun. I'm not generally...
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