Sustainable living for busy families
I’m honestly not feeling very green-fingered at the moment. The growing season has been pretty awful for me and all I have to show for it is tomato plants with blight, courgettes with powdery mildew, a handful of beans and a single cucumber. The only thing that has done well are the children’s sunflowers. I… Continue reading A Lean Year
It’s growing season. Everything is in full swing. Plants that I’ve been tending on the windowsill for months are finally going into the ground, buds are appearing and it won’t be long until I am harvesting my labours. I love it. I love watching these things grow from seed. From dormant looking objects that don’t… Continue reading A Force of Nature
Since lockdown began we have all been home. All the time. All five of us. This has meant that we’ve all been eating three meals a day here, rather than at work or school and I’ve noticed an increase in our waste. Particularly food waste. I started researching ways in which to dispose of this… Continue reading Wiggly Worms
