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Towards Sustainability
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The journal of an Australian family of five, baby-stepping their way to a simpler life and a sustainable future in suburbia.
- Author: jaygee
- Listed in: Green Personal
- Tags: environment frugal living Green Living Simple living urban sustainability
Recent Posts
Sizzzzle...
You know it's hot when even the kale has wilted... Feeling a bit that way myself actually.It's currently windy and 40'C (104'F) in the shade of the back verandah, which makes it at least 42'C (108'F) in reality - not including the fry-factor in the ...
Just passing through...
My apologies for the lack of posts recently guys, but to be honest I'm feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment. Despite opting out of the commercial aspects of Christmas, it's still a manic time of year with school end-of-year activities and even...
Er...
The Tommy Toe cherry tomato I planted in late winter started fruiting last week, with the normal large, round cherry toms.However now, they are starting to look like this! A miniature 'normal' tomato... Anyone had this happen before?I'm not worried...
High Tea
Yesterday we celebrated Miss Seven's impending birthday with "High Tea". I've been collecting proper bone china tea cups from Op-shops for a few weeks, and we set the table with the 'good' damask table cloth & napkins and got out the cut-glass pl...
Just a quickie...
For the Aussies: Spotlight has 20% off homewares today until 9pm, and I just picked up three 3 litre preserving jars for $8 each.I normally buy preserving jars second hand - I use them for storing my bulk nuts, seed, dried fruits etc - but it's diffi...
A change is as good as a holiday.
A few weeks ago, whilst staring dejectedly at the piles of stuff I still have sitting around the house with no permanent home since we turned our study/office into a bedroom, it suddenly occurred to me that just because a room is labelled "lounge roo...
I love the article on the kitchen garden, lots of juicy and original information! Sadly I have a small garden, so I'm limited to just growing tomatoes and herbs!
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