Medicinal herbs can be very effective for many reasons, from helping you get a good nights sleep, to helping against morning sickness in pregnancies. The best part is that many of them come in the…
My girlfriend Janine was diagnosed with cancer 18 months ago she fought this beast and won! To celebrate her achievement she is walking for 18 hours on her own as part of the relay for…
It’s a wonderful hot summer here in NZ. Wow it’s so super hot and yummy. However with heat comes flies, lots and lots of dirty flies. Obviously now that we have chooks we have even…
Last month Good magazine did an article on the eco mums group I’m a part of. I’m very lucky that these wonderful girls invited me to join their very inspirational group. I love spending time…
Wow only 10 weeks to go till grape will be here!!! Soon we’ll be doing up the baby room though I think we’ll wait till after the baby is born as we just seem to…
Hi there, so I know it’s been AGES since I’ve written a post; thanks heaps everyone for sticking with me. So what’s been going on? A few weekends ago I had an amazing childfree weekend…
I get terribly painful heartburn when I’m pregnant. With John I ate truck loads of antacids; I took them everywhere with me and I had them all over the house!! I had totally forgotten about…
My love of terracotta pots is no secret but they can be a lot of work as they absorb the water away from the contents. So when a girlfriend came over the other day she…
The Humane Society released this fantastic video recently. It really makes you think. I’m a staunch vegetarian and have been for over half my life; this is now my second vegetarian pregnancy as well. I…
What happens when it’s gardening day and you want to tie up the out of control broad beans and of course you can’t find your garden ties? You take an old t-shirt and a pair…