The Week I Went on Rations
A few months back (and let’s face it, we’ve been away quite a number of months) a post came up on social media that sparked my interest. It was for the Ration Challenge (go here to read more about the aims https://www.rationchallenge.org.nz/about/refugee-week/) and the challenge was to live on the same rations a refugee has…
The Night Before Christmas!!?!?!
We have a Christmas Grinch in our house. Well, that’s not fair really, because she loves Christmas, but she’s very grinchy about one aspect in particular; If she had it her way the decorations wouldn’t go up until just a few days before Christmas (OK it’s not the night before – but you get my…
All The Fun of the (Plant) Fair
I wasn’t going to write about this, it’s very inconsequential in the big scheme of things, but then figured, oftentimes the fun/ great things we remember in our lives seem to be the smaller events and happenings rather than the huge extravagant things. And, it’ll let me lead nicely into an update on the Hugelkultur…
A Thousand Things (Each)
A while ago I read a blog about someone decluttering their house / life by challenging themselves to get rid of a thousand things. The idea has percolated away for some months now (I’ve even got a spreadsheet created ready to list/keep a record of my progress ). Enough procrastination, I’m going to give it a go. Let’s crack…
Making The Daily Bread
Onion skins! In bread?? I’ve been constantly amazed at what I can add to the mix when I’m baking bread, that makes a delicious loaf and cuts down on waste. Win-win. My experimental Frankenstein Loaf is constantly evolving… My bread-maker is the second I’ve owned. The first died from overuse and I’m sure the second will go the…
Our Version of Mindfulness
It’s funny, I’ve been trying to come up with a post about budgeting, being frugal, making do with what you have and indeed, having less, but I’ve been having a hard time coming up with the right angle. It’s getting late, so I bring the computer to bed, because I have to get something started. I…
How slowing down a bit from time to time helps us all.
A new (old) bike and an idea about making riding normal. Let me explain… I used to be a strictly go fast, in bunches, wearing lycra, kind of cyclist. I’m a member of our local cycle club committee, I race (and sometimes do well) and take part in events, both fun and a little more…
Foraging on the expressway
This post carries on from where I left off in “Foraging on my driveway (and the beach)” and details final steps in making a Native Salt and Pepper Mix from scratch. Where we left things was that I had made Kawakawa and Nasturtium powder from leaves I’d foraged on my property. It was a fairly…
We built a Hugelkultur!
I love vegetable gardening. I’ve loved it since forever. I wouldn’t call myself an expert but I’d dearly like to produce enough to keep us in vegetables without having to buy from shop or supermarket. In previous houses I’ve not really had the space or soil quality to go all out in the production stakes,…
Foraging on my driveway (and the beach)
A while back Glynis bought me a book named ‘Find it, Eat it’. As is often the way with information books, it sat in a drawer for a while, brimming with potential. But, in a nice bit of serendipity, it was hanging out with the cookery books and my daughter, Annie, had a hankering for…
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