Our local refill shop is a gem. Try to find one near you that you can get into the habit of visiting and break the supermarket habit. These privately owned stores are struggling through the Covid 19 effect on the high street. Use it or lose it as the saying goes. http://www.mutinyzerowaste.co.uk/
Category: Eco
Will have content based on environmental and or ecological issues
bird feeder tip
Ever find that the seed left at the bottom of your bird feeders turns to mush if you don\’t get the chance to regularly empty it out? I have found that crumbling saved egg shells in the bottom of the feeder just below the level of the first opening, before adding fresh seed, helps to…
one year on
I realise it’s been a year since I started this blog, tracking my progress and sharing ideas on cutting back on every day plastic waste. In the process this blog has evolved into a baking and gardening blog, not by intention, simply because home made food and growing some produce at home helps to cut…
mint
A few snipped mint tips, sat in water for a few weeks start to grow roots, then easily moved into small pots of compost, to grow on to make free new mint plants Fine roots growing from leaf nodes under water
garlic finale
Dried out Having allowed my garlic 2 weeks to dry outside on sheets of newspaper under shelter it’s time to prepare them for storage. Rub as much of the now dry soil from the roots then gently peel down the papery top later of skin all the way down to the roots, which effectively removes…
thank you Walkers
For introducing an entirely cardboard packaging for your Stax crisps. I urge you to give them a try in place of the other brands which have a plastic lid or other plastic components in their packaging.Link to Walkers Sadly since this post STAX have been discontinued 🙁 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/uk-today/24427381.walkers-confirms-no-plans-return-discontinued-stax-crisps/
garlic harvest
So after months of quietly growing with very little effort or intervention from me, it’s was time to lift the garlic. You can tell when it’s ready when about half the lower leaves are brown. The stalk lower down near the base may also feel a little soft. Taking a fork gently prise each one…
lock down
During the Covid19 lock down the shortage of some food and products in the supermarkets and the closure of shops on the high street had an effect on choice, which meant that the plastic free alternatives I had switched to were not available. As a result the plastic wrapping we were throwing away almost returned…
chilli promise
My jalapeno chilli peppers have been brought back under cover because the temperatures outside were too unpredictable and we had a lot of strong wind. They are now growing flowers and the promise of a tasty crop of fruits. I will hand pollinate them with a small brush to transfer the pollen gently between the…
hardened off
My tomatoes have grown up and are ready to leave the sanctuary of the cold frame after a few weeks of gradually accustoming them to life outside on their own.