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10 October 2013
Moist buttermilk banana cake and a handy tip
Thank you all for the support and love shown here and in so many emails yesterday. I've said it before but I feel I'm surrounded by...
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28 August 2013
No more plastic shopping bags
Recently, The Guardian ran an article about single-use plastic bags and the proposal that people will be charged for them in New York Cit...
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21 May 2012
We all make a difference
There have been many claims about how our future will be shaped by the end of cheap fuel and increasing prices that will result from that. ...
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26 January 2012
How far is too far?
Happy Australia Day to my fellow Australians! Whether you celebrate quietly with Vegemite on toast while watching the cricket, or at a BBQ ...
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20 September 2011
Reusing and recycling - a trail of great ideas
Few of us have reached the point of buying nothing at all - complete self sufficiency. We will never be self-sufficient here and I'm no...
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1 December 2010
Respectful. Economical. Productive.
We say a lot about respect when we use the full measure of what we grow or buy. In the old days it was common practice to use every part of...
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23 August 2010
Water management - what's your strategy?
Most of you know that we live in the sub tropics and one of the reasons we chose this area to live in was the annual rainfall. It wasn'...
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19 August 2010
Two green bottles for recycling
I wandered out to Hanno's big shed yesterday afternoon looking for Alice's old trampoline bed. I rarely go out there, it's Hann...
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12 August 2010
Saving money
Thank you so much for your good wishes for Kerry, Sunny and the baby. We, and they, appreciate everyone of them. It's been a while si...
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6 August 2010
Cleaning the pantry challenge
A kitchen is like the engine on a car; it drives the house. We spend a lot of time in our kitchens preparing meals, making cups of tea, bak...
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26 January 2010
Simple Living Series - Food waste/dog food questions answered
I don't have much time today, unfortunately, so I'll answer the questions raised by yesterday's post and do a bit of blog house...
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25 January 2010
Simple Living Series - The hierarchy of food waste
Last week we started talking about food waste and how to prevent it. Of course it starts in the planning stage, before you even buy your fo...
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