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. Read the full story

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 Read the full story

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! Read the full story

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’. Read the full story

Don’t just look at Op-shops at places to buy stuff to wear or use as they are.  When you visit, check out the labels of the clothes to see what fabrics the clothing is made of.  Some are made of such beautiful material and notions that you can actually reuse them to make superb outfits.  Read the full story

There’s only so much you can do to be a totally green traveller unless you emulate Cliffy Young and do the gumboot shuffle to Sydney and back. Read the full story

Once you establish a compost heap and harvest your first bucket of perfect, friable, dark soil that hasn’t cost you a fortune at the nursery, I guarantee you will be addicted.  Read the full story

OK so you can buy desserts in the supermarkets and from high quality to ‘ehhh’!I don’t see any point in putting any food into my mouth that doesn’t pass the taste test as well as the ‘green’ test.  Read the full story

If you replace your teabags with leaf tea, a teapot or a tea ball/tea infuser, you will save many dollars and it is more ecological to cut out the bleached bags, staples and paper required in a teabag.  Read the full story

There is a difference between our carbon footprint and our recycling effort.  Read the full story

Getting mail delivered was such a joy before the invent of e-mail. You could race to the letterbox and inside was a letter filled with news, stories, updates even a birthday card or two filled with tatts tickets or money!

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Summer is on it’s way bringing with it warm days, balmy nights but more importantly fruits – pineapple, watermelon, and passionfruit which can be used in one of the greatest treats a child (or adult!) can have – the homemade icy pole! Read the full story