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4 min

6 Easy Herbs To Grow for a Bee Friendly Garden

Grow these easy kitchen herbs and create a bee friendly garden at the same time. Creating a functional garden that yields edibles and attra

5 min

How To Grow an Avocado Seed - Step by Step Guide

Growing avocado seeds is easy once you know how, but it does require a little patience. This post will take you through the key steps you ne

3 min

How To Plan a Plastic Free Picnic

The trouble with picnics is that they often come with a lot of pre-packaged food, or food you have prepared wrapped up in cling wrap, which

2 min

How To Make Newspaper Seedling Pots

Newspaper is a great material for making your own seedling pots, and once grown they can be planted whole in the ground without disturbing y

5 min

Our New Veggie Verge

We have finally got our first veggie verge set up on nature strip out the front of our house and it is brilliant. This is something we have

5 min

10 Biodegradable Alternatives For Everyday Items

Making a swap to more compostable items in our everyday lives means less landfill and less recycling. Here are items we use everyday that ca

6 min

25 Beeautiful Gift Ideas For Bee Lovers and Honey Addicts

If you're looking for a perfect present for a bee lover, bee keeper, or an avid honey eater, here are 25 beeautiful gifts to consider. T

4 min

Kitchen Herb Windowsill Garden Kit - Review

For the black thumbs or green thumb challenged, this Kitchen Herb Windowsill Garden Kit is a great way to start growing your own fresh herbs

3 min

Simple Compost Tea for the Garden

Making compost tea from kitchen food scraps is a great way to feed your garden, especially if you don't have a home compost system. This

4 min

How To Harvest Basil Seeds

Basil is one of the easy to grow herbs AND you can collect the seeds for planting, storing or sharing. Getting herbs plastic free can be a c

4 min

Figs: Eat Grow Forage

Figs are one of those underrated fruits that have a lot to offer. Here are recipes to enjoy them plus how to get hold of figs or grow your o

3 min

Summer Radishes and Recipe Ideas

Growing radishes in the hot Aussie summer isn't recommended, yet I can't help but feel a little disappointed with this morning's

12 min

Adelaide's Chicken Sitter: 10 Minutes with Janine Zschech

Ever heard of a Chicken Sitter? Anyone with Backyard chickens will understand the importance of having someone reliable to take care of your

4 min

Beginner's Guide to Windowsill Gardening

Windowsill gardens add greenery to your home and it really is achievable, even for the most green thumb challenged. Here's a beginner gu

4 min

How to Dry Fresh Lavender and Uses Around The Home

If you are lucky enough to be growing lavender in your garden, then you need to know how to dry your own fresh lavender, and how to make the

2 min

Repurpose Your Bamboo Toothbrush into a Plant Marker

Your bamboo toothbrush might be biodegradable but you don't have to throw it straight onto the compost heap. It can be repurposed and u

2 min

Upcycle Wine Bottles to Water Your Plants

Wondering what else you can do with your wine bottles besides recycling? Here's a ridiculously simple way to upcycle your wine bottles t

1 min

The Bog of Eternal Stench

Finally found a name for one of our twin compost tumblers! - The Bog of Eternal Stench! (If you don't know what I am referring to then...

2 min

The Food Recycling Revolution is Here

We recently joined the Food Recycling Revolution, with our local Port Adelaide Enfield Council. For those who haven't heard of it, this

The Good Life

with Amy French