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Category: General
pringles- spread the word
If you have a moment do read the link on Pringles packaging, and spread the word. Are they doing enough quick enough about the importance of recycling and the plastic problem? They might do if their customers chose to stop buying their product and email them why.
Pringles and Cadbury ‘failing on recycled packaging’ – BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54271661
plastic free sunflower muffins
Meadow Churn is the only real butter I have found that does not have plastic elements in their wrapping, but having discovered this I have been unable to find it again on sale. What has this got to do with muffins? I use butter in my baking, until I re-discovered a cook book of mine…
better bit of butter
Thanks to Flora, recently introducing a spread that looks and tastes pretty much like butter, but is wrapped in plastic free paper that states it’s biodegradable. Nutritional information on the packet compares favourably to butter with a little less saturated fat. But entirely dairy free To my taste it’s great on bread and toast. don’t…
ice cream dream
Sainsburys and now my local Morrisons are selling blocks of own brand ice cream in card board packaging that can be rinsed off, let to dry then put in the paper recycling. To my taste it’s the same. You have to look for it carefully in the freezer section, hidden on the bottom shelf.
Trays | Good Roots Barn
https://www.goodrootsbarn.co.uk/trays Sadly site no longer online !
free mulch
In autumn I clear the fallen leaves from my small lawn. I put these in the compost bin or put them in a bag and leave them to turn into leaf mould. I have a spare bin that us perfect for the job. These were collected from the garden last year. This bin was a…
dill
Having sown dill seeds earlier this summer in paper pots, these grew well and were planted out in the garden to attract hover flies and other beneficial insects to feast on aphids. Not only do the flowers look great, when they die back I am rewarded with a harvest if dill seeds which I can…
cabbage whites
These are the tiny yellow eggs of the cabbage white butterfly Normally I find these in larger groups in perfect close formation. Usually on the underside of exposed cabbage or salad leaves. These ones were on my sacrificial nasturtiums. The green caterpillars are leaf eating machines which is fine on the nasturtiums. This is a…