Chicken water feeder
All animals need access to clean drinking water at all times and chooks are no different. My big girls will go through about 5 litres in about a week quicker if it’s really hot. In…
Category Archives: alternatives
Use your own yoghurt to make your own yoghurt
A few days ago I posted about making your own yoghurt from store bought packets and here is part two which will save you even more money and further reduce your waste. I shared how…
Quail hutch
We had an old rabbit hutch leftover from when I got rid of my rabbits so I decided to fill it with quails. I wanted to share how we converted the old rabbit hutch into…
Two hour rapid stripped down bread
We haven’t bought any bread since participating in plastic free July wow that’s a lot of bread. Assuming we eat two loafs a week (sometimes more sometimes less) that’s 54 loafs of plastic free bread.…
New crockery
A few year back (five I think. Wow times flies!) we bought a beautiful set of crockery. We collected the individual pieces and had to go to several different stores in several different places and…
Cactus terrarium
I made this terrarium for John and my niece for Christmas. I got the idea from Janet Luke’s Embrace your space. What you’ll need to make your terrarium Cactus plant(s) A large jar with a lid…
Eco christmas trees
Nothing says Christmas quite like a Christmas tree! I always find if hard to cut down a perfectly good tree to be used for one week then it is thrown away (the pine needles are…
Zero waste week
This week is Zero waste week. This is going to be one exciting week. Would love everyone to get involved. So what is zero waste week all about? It is a week were everyone works…
Wilderland is building a new eco-conscious visitor house
Today’s guest post comes from the wonderful folks at the incredibly amazing Wilderland. Wow this centre is amazing and hugely inspirational. Wilderland is a centre for sustainable living located on 64 hectares of regenerating native bushland…
New old shoes
Buying vegetarian friendly shoes is slowly getting a little easier but it still a bit of a struggle to buy nice good quality shoes so I like to keep my shoes going. I have a…