I don’t mean to preach but it is an irresponsible way to live as a fat, sluggish and unhealthy person in modern society.  It places a burden on your family, friends and neighbours and fellow tax-payers.  You only have to look at how difficult health care is in say, the U.S.A. to realize that over-indulgence, drugs and just a lack of adequate pride in one’s own being has added to the cost of running any sort of health care. Continue Reading

We’ve talked a lot about greening your life so here are some actual recipes and methods for household cleaners – a quick reference for readers. Continue Reading

Modern weddings have become enormous spectacles and have certain traditions that have grown over the years into something above and beyond the logic of the original ceremony and celebration. Continue Reading

Regular maintenance for appliances around the home and office can not only save you money, but will extend the life of them and cut down the huge piles of ‘dead’ machines in tips.  The recycling of these is by no means an exact art and so it is way better to mend things than to get on that treadmill of buy, break, replace. Continue Reading

Epsom Salts, the common name for Magnesium Sulfate are a chemical compound containing Magnesium and Sulfate in a crystallised or powdered form. It has numerous uses from personal hygiene and bathing, colon cleansing to sprinkling round plants to adjust the chemical balance.   The high magnesium content within Epsom Salts helps to draw acids through the skin when added to a warm bath. Continue Reading

OK that was a terrible pun and I apologise.

However I have been making bread for many years and thought I should include something here to promote the fact that it is something financially and ecologically sound.  I won’t put too many recipes up here as there are masses of all flavours and you can just google ‘bread recipe’ and pick the one you like. But what I would like to do is put some hints from my own experience. Continue Reading

When you have too many citrus it is a challenge to know what to do with them. There’s only so much marmalade you can eat! But here’s a recipe for pickling limes which you can substitute for use in Moroccan dishes for an exotic variation. Continue Reading

Yes - Buy Nothing Day is coming up again on November 28 (or November 27 for our USA visitors).  This is a great time to practice a little restraint Continue Reading

They are bringing the Christmas stock into the stores now… the creep of little mince tarts, wrapping paper, Santa shaped chocolate is subtle at first but soon the onslaught will begin! Continue Reading

While we are not qualified here to give financial advice, it seems remiss not to mention the importance of keeping your investments and banking ‘green’. Continue Reading