My Motto: If you can’t eat it, why would you put it on your skin?? Your skin is the biggest absorbent organ in the body…..and if you...

A long time ago, a friend gave me a recipe for calendula ointment – great for wounds, scalds, rashes and eczema. Calendula protects...

The awareness is spreading…..social media and newspapers reporting the harm that single-use plastic bags is doing to the planet. I’ve...

Brassicas….such a wonderful sounding name, kinda rolls off the tongue like a holiday in a tropical island! It’s winter, and I kinda need...

I have always wondered about communal living. Not too sure I could actually live in a commune but the aspect of shared work and reward...

I have an extensive array of herbs growing in our garden. They thrive! Every now and then I pick some for a salad, or for a dish I’m...

Always on a mission to do the best I can by the environment, I have created many zooty, zany tote bags out of my coffee pouches. The...

I don’t have a Marine Biology degree. Nothing of the sort! I’m a kindergarten teacher! But I am passionate about Saving Sea Turtles. ...

Having been a vegetarian for 30 years, I used to flippantly joke that “when I grow up, I’ll become vegan…”. Well, jokes on me! I watched...

Growing your own cabbages? Got cabbages coming out your ears? Time to make sauerkraut! It’s a digestive wonderfood, AND it’s super easy...

So….as an avid collector and maker of things, I wondered what to do with a small wooden pallet stored in my garden shed. The last one was...

I love coffee, I love tea…..and just occasionally I like a little herb tea.Not just any old herb tea but Flower Power! The stuff of...

Hard to believe our good fortune sometimes!! Mike always says: “Careful of what you want, you might just get it!!” The Law of...

Blue skies, swaying palms, golden sands, warm sunshine… We like to travel. Particularly to tropical destinations. We love Vitamin D –...

We don’t have any crows to scare. In fact, I want to attract birds, not frighten them away! Birds scratch up the ground (tilling) in...

Travel Tips: I run workshops on Living Sustainably. I LOVE to share ideas, hints and tips and get excited when someone says that they...

Sometimes we take the beauty of the area we live in, for granted! A couple of weeks ago, we were reminded of that beauty, enough to take...

A Photographic Stroll around the Mount Tuesday, 3 June 2014 (yep, it was 3 years ago!) We celebrated a beautiful Winter’s day with a...

We have grown up in an age where we impulse-buy what we want, not only what we truly NEED. Our technology knowledge is growing and...

It’s been a long while in the dreaming…to create my own toothpaste. Finally, last night I did it, on an impulsive spur of the moment! I...