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28 January 2023
Food storage - stop wasting food
This is the first post in a short series on cooking for one. If you're in a larger family, search in my right side bar, under my photo, ...
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21 September 2022
Will the glass be half-full or half-empty?
I like to think I’ve got a pretty good grip on the work I do here in my home but now when I sit down to write to you, I can’t think of what ...
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1 February 2020
Micro-plastics, plastics, plastic pollution
This is the followup to an Instagram post about getting rid of my microfibre cleaning cloths. I watched a program on plastic waste hosted b...
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15 July 2019
Frances and her washable wipes
Over on my Instagram pages recently, I created a photo gallery for an online sewing bee. It never fails to amaze me how talented and creat...
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4 June 2017
War on Waste radio program and podcast
I thought I was fairly up to date on the growing waste issue in the world but a three part ABC TV program called War on Waste showed me tha...
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26 May 2017
How to save money in your home
So far we've changed our mindset, or are working on it, we're tracking our spending, or starting to, and before we write up a budge...
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15 October 2014
A simple guide to thrifty vegetable gardening - part 2
It's very easy to spend a lot of money in the garden. Raised beds, top soil from the garden supplier, blocks, sleepers, fertiliser, too...
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17 July 2014
Food waste and how to avoid it
The rate of food wastage in many Western countries, including Australia, is shameful. The current estimation is that about 30 percent of th...
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23 January 2014
Kevin's happiness project
I'm late to my blog today, but I thought it was better late than not at all. I've been doing the final reading of my next book and ...
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5 November 2013
Extending the seasons - how to make a poly or shade tunnel
All of us who grow food, keep chickens or bees, milk a house cow or a goat, or keep pigs have to know a thing or two about the seasons. Her...
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