Now this was really not where I thought I would land up when starting the sustainable year challenge, but hey I am open to going with the process and learning and trying new things. I was searching for information about grey water friendly products when I came across the urine as fetilizer idea which I have blogged about here It has been going well and so...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Feb 16, 2012
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Growing stuff does not have to be difficult. You can start with something that you can eat in about 3 days. Yes healthy crunchy, full of goodness sprouts. Even if you don’t like them too much they can be hidden in most meals so even the most fussy eater will not notice the taste. Great in stew, salads, soups, stir-fry and on a sandwich
I am big on not...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Feb 12, 2012
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I am trying to follow some of the permaculture principles when planting our vegetable garden. I would love at some stage to go on a permaculture course but they usually cost a lot and are for longer periods of time that I can be away. I know that there is a lot to learn so I have reading and trying to discover as much as I can for myself.
Permaculture...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Feb 06, 2012
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Gosh there is so much to learn about trying to cut down on our negative impact on the planet. I am reading a fascinating book but I will get to that in another blog post. Last night when researching grey water and what kind of detergents are grey water safe I came across liquid gold and it was too good not to share. So the grey water discoveries will also...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Feb 03, 2012
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We have an egg! The first egg that one of our lot ever laid. What great excitement in our house.
There have been a few more sagas since I last posted about the chickens.
Our new Jack Hen had a prolapse a few days after we got her, I was devastated. When I went to collect the egg there was blood on the egg and in the nesting box. I went to try find Jack Hen...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Feb 01, 2012
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I am making us a Nature Table, I don’t really follow a Waldorf type home schooling approach but there are some things that I like and a nature table is one of them. It is just an area that they can have seasonal things and stuff they collect from nature, it can have a theme or just be random stuff, the possibilities are endless.
I decided to base our...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Jan 27, 2012
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Damn meat!
I am not a vegetarian, I grew up eating meat. There was a time when I tried to be a vegetarian. There were many excellent reason; the way animals are treated in mass farming, the damaging effects on the environment of this type farming and the less than healthy meat that is the end result. I knew all the reasons and I did try but I still could...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Jan 25, 2012
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I saw this herb pyramid on Pinterst and told The Geek that I would really rather like one.
Here is our Recipe
Ingridients:
1 Geek, willing to make the crazy plans that I come up with, even thought this means not tidying the study, which he had planned to do this weekend.
Variety of pallets, that you gave acquired by careful scavenging off building site and...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Jan 22, 2012
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I was looking on line for information on companion planting. I came across these great posters from Afristar. I emailed them and asked if I could buy 2 of the posters. I wanted to use them to plan our veggie garden and I thought that the kids and I could use for home schooling. The pictures are so clear and easy that I knew the kids would benefit from them....
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Jan 18, 2012
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Last year I had a Gift Challenge, I wanted to see if I could Make, Upcycle, Regift or give gifts of service for a year. Granted I only started in July so will be carrying on for a while still. But It has been fun and for the most part I think I have managed. I will post some more updates of things I made soon.
But this year I want to start a...
Posted by Pinkhairgirl
Jan 16, 2012
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