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Despite the cold snap, spring is on it’s way, and I woke up to this gorgeous wee thing yesterday morning. Our neighbours keep alpacas in the paddock over our fence...

I’m always interested in new ones and recently bought The New Health Rules:Simple Changes to Achieve Whole Body Wellness. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone wanting to change their...

I love posts like this. It’s always useful to read a nice and concise piece like this to remind myself of all the sneaky places that unnecessary sugar is hidden...

This year there’s been a lot of awareness raised regarding the income gap in NZ, which in my opinion has been coming for quite some time as things need to...

This recipe was a personal favourite of mine a couple of years ago when I was trying to go as long as possible without using shampoo. This was what I...

We get questions every week about where to buy natural wipes that can go in the Baby Wipe Container with our Baby Wipe Solution. After a lot of searching, the...

We’re now stocking Dr Bronner’s Organic Citrus Hair Rinse. We’ve all been using this for a very long time but have always been wary about selling it because of it’s...

We’re back from our trip to the U.S. and we’re engaged! And in case you missed it in earlier newsletters Grant and I along with my sister Nadine are the...

What a wet old winter it’s been. It never ceases to amaze me that our place up north gets so wet and sludgy in the winter yet so dry in...

Sweating is a natural process, obviously. It’s always bothered me how the deodorant companies and their advertising campaigns boast about the ability of their products to prevent us from sweating....

I’ve written about the health benefits and my own experiments with fermentation quite a few times in this newsletter. My family and I love the sauerkraut I make with red...

I’m sure this comes as no surprise, or at least not a big surprise, but there is now enough evidence to implicate alcohol in the development of 7 different types...

Planting things properly probably seems like a pretty straightforward and simple process, but I’ve lost track of how much time I’ve wasted over the years because I haven’t planted things...

I’ve been back on my bike in an effort to support my new knees and working up quite a sweat. I used to go to the gym for years and...

I kept beehives at my house in Auckland for a brief period in 2011. Unfortunately, every time my husband got stung, he became more and more allergic, so we ended...

Splitting my time between Auckland and the Far North means I get to see a lot of New Zealand wildlife—especially when I’m driving through the Waipoua forest. I’ve never really...

Here’s a really handy list of foods that have been scientifically proven to be good for brain health. It was put together by nutritional epidemiologist, Mary Clare Morris, as part...

What I think healthy food is, what I’m told healthy food is, and what healthy food really is has always been confusing and still remains a largely grey area for...

Ever wondered what brands the multi-nationals own? Well wonder no longer. Click on this link and you’ll see that all the biggest product brands in the world are owned by...

If you’re needing to go on a course of antibiotics, you might want to find out if there are complementary herbs for them, too. I’d never thought of this before,...

I’ve always loved green tea—hot or cold, so I’ve never needed any reasons to convince me to drink it. It seems to have gone in and out of health-food-fashion over...