Wishing you the very best of the festive spirit. A strange little collaboration of a video but I do so adore David Bowie. xx Anna
Todmorden: Deliciously inspirational UK town grows food for all
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todmorden has had another healthy dose of publicity lately a la the Daily Mail: Carrots in the car park. Radishes on the roundabout. The deliciously eccentric story of the town growing ALL its own veg. Thousands of vegetables in 70 large beds around the town — are there for the taking. Locals are encouraged to [...]
Being fair to Fonterra
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Previously, I have noted with disdain, some of the activities of Fonterra that I have not found favourable. Because my Mama raised me right I thought I should give praise where praise is due. It has been announced that it will be mandatory to fence all waterways on Fonterra farms as condition of supply. Bloody [...]
Hungary: My enviro-refugee destination
December 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I may have ranted on election night the desire to find another country to live for the next couple of years. And it’s taken me awhile but I have come up with a few options should I wish to run away. One option is Costa Rica, for reasons already discussed. Next on the list may [...]
uses for lemons 007: cleaning food stains off plastic
December 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tomato stains on your expensive Tupperware? Trying to reuse those takeaway containers for leftovers but they still have laksa stains on them? Mix lemon juice with baking soda to make a paste and cover the stains. Leave them alone for a couple of hours and wash those stains away. See more of LovePlantLife’s uses for [...]
Child poverty should be putting you off your dinner
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Image: www.killmoney.net Considering the very big dependency we have on food and the fact that mankind has been walking the earth and eating from it for the last however-many hundreds of generations, you’d really think it was about time we got better at feeding people, right? Well, we suck. Not only are there famines in [...]
