Ditch the chemicals
Welcome to week one of Green Urban Livings Autumn challenge. Week one is all about ditching the chemicals! There are plenty of ways you can ditch the chemicals in your life. So I thought I’d…
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Five years on…
Today is our fifth wedding anniversary. Wow the last five years have gone so fast and what fun we’ve had. I thought I’d share a quick run through our life of the last five years.…
Long hair saves me money
I’ve had long hair most of my life. Though I’ve gone through a few phases with short hair and even shorter pixie hair. It was so cute but I LOVE my long hair. I really…
Welcome to the wonderful world of cloth!
Cloth I love you!!! Oh how I love you!!! Why should you love cloth too? Cloth will save you money; truck loads of money; cloth will reduce your waste; oh so so much waste; cloth…
Green Urban Living exciting eco challenge
No matter who you are or where in the world you live we can all do more for the environment. The wonderful Janet Luke from Green Urban living is putting a challenge out to you…
Homemade chocolate chips
I was making ice cream the other day and wanted to make vanilla chocolate chip ice cream but I hate the supermarket chocolate chips. They taste terrible, are overpriced and often contain palm oil and…
Cracking a coconut
At the supermarket or markets you see some cool fruits and often you can see these furry whole coconuts looking so yummy but also they look so daunting. I thought everyone knew how to open…
New site, new logo, all systems are go
You might have noticed that my site has moved and I have a flash new logo. So what’s up with all that? I wanted to take my blog to new heights and I felt I…
Give the gift of plants
I love to make my own gifts for birthdays and at Christmas time. Before Christmas I shared a list of wonderful food gifts to make and eat and giveaway so I wanted to share some…
Hammering nails the safe way
Recently when I was making my bugalow I was nailing the back onto the frame and didn’t want to hit my fingers. So I thought why not use my wonderful bamboo pegs to hold the…