Fly repellent bin
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…
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Pregnancy photos
I want to share a bunch of amazing pregnancy photos my girlfriend took last night. She did such an incredible job. Thank you so very very much Alix. Love you. I am SO going to print out a whole bunch of these for…
Seed bombs
I found this super cute gift idea on mademoiselle chaos. Such a simple and wonderful fun gift to make. What you’ll need to make your seed bombs Newspaper Seed packets Water A blender A tea towel/ sieve/…
Compost tumbler
We made a compost tumbler for my sister in law for her birthday last year. This tutorial and information/ idea comes from Janet Luke’s amazing Green Urban Living. You’ll need:A table of some type A plastic food grade…
Cranberry and white chocolate oaty biscuits in a jar
I made a lot of my Christmas gifts last year but I couldn’t post about them until after Christmas so this is the first post in my series of Christmas gifts. I love gifts in…
Chicken coop
I love our new chicken coop and hen house. It all looks rather flash and best of all we loads of recycled products. We had access to some old dog runs that we spent a…
New rabbit hutch
Wow our bunny (well rabbit rather than bunny!) is now just over a year old and wow has she grown. I knew she was going to be big and she sure does live up to…
Keep your new baby green and healthy
Since I’m 25 weeks pregnant and feeling rather pregnant I thought I’d share this article I original wrote for an amazing British website (which has sadly now closed down). When it comes to your baby…
Fabric covered pots
I love glazed pots but they can be super pricie. I’m lucky I’ve been given heaps of pots in the past so I just keep reusing these. At the garden centre the other day they…
Washer twine jars
I love having baths and I often have circulation baths they are so relaxing. I buy the epson salts by the kilo but I couldn’t find a jar big enough to store my salts in.…