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Fri, Feb 05, 16

10 Herbal Teas for Health

As you know, I’m caffeine free at the moment and spending a lot of time sampling different herbal teas, and making my own up north from peppermint, lemon balm and...

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Fri, Feb 05, 16

Time to organise your kitchen?

I loved this study which found that when you have a cluttered kitchen you are more likely to snack! I am the queen of clutter, but fortunately Paul goes around...

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Fri, Feb 05, 16

Are you a natural health supplement buyer?

Then you might be interested to hear that the government is passing legislation called the Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill that will limit access to minerals and vitamins. Please...

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Old Fashioned Salad Dressing

Thu, Feb 04, 16

Old Fashioned  Salad Dressing

Yum salads! We’ve been eating out of the garden for a month or so already - there is nothing like home grown leafy greens, fresh tomatoes, kale, cabbage and peas....

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Fri, Jan 29, 16

Caffeine free drink ideas

Thanks to everyone who sent me ideas for caffeine free drinks after I gave up tea and coffee. Eileen said: “ Healtheries do a nice bevvie known as Cranberry and...

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Fri, Jan 22, 16

Caffeine-free and loving it

I’ve been a tea drinker since I was very young, about 12 and I’ve always agreed with that old tea ad on TV – “I don’t feel alive until I’ve...

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Fri, Jan 22, 16

Genius DIY projects

I love finding new ideas for using things around the home that we never thought of. Have a look at this article which repurposes things like a kid’s toy dinosaur...

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Fri, Jan 15, 16

How do solar panels work ?

I know many of you, like me, have considered swapping your house entirely over to solar energy. But it’s still quite expensive and I know that the technology is changing...

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Thu, Jan 07, 16

Recipe - Laundry Clay (or powder)

Laundry Clay/Powder 1 cup Green Goddess Premium Soda Ash 1 cup Green Goddess Premium Baking Soda 60ml liquid Green Goddess Hemp & Coconut Unscented Liquid Castile 2ml lavender essential oil...

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Thu, Dec 17, 15

SAFE campaign

This summer SAFE is hoping to raise some money to continue their fight against cruelty to animals. To find out the work they do visit their site at www.safe.org.nz. You...

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Thu, Dec 17, 15

Luxury brands going green in silence

Daniel found an interesting article about the move by Luxury brands towards more environmentally-friendly manufacturing methods and materials. The strange part is that they aren’t mentioning any of these efforts...

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Thu, Nov 26, 15

Living Churchyards

I read a great article at the weekend about a growing trend in Britain to let churchyards and cemeteries return to natural flowers and weeds to encourage insects and wildlife....

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Thu, Nov 26, 15

Recipe – Duck Egg Sponge

I was driving along up north yesterday and popped in to see a local guy who grows heaps of veggies and sells them. I was delighted to see that he...

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Thu, Nov 26, 15

What is in baby formula?

One of the questions I get asked most often is what goes into baby formula. In the old days it was basically just cow’s milk and sugar but these days...

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Thu, Nov 19, 15

Cook with lard!

As you know I’m a big fan of using butter and lard because I would rather use an unprocessed fat than something which has chemicals, colourings and flavourings added such...

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Thu, Nov 12, 15

Time to check your shampoo

Does your shampoo bottle list the ingredient Cocamide DEA in its ingredient list? If it does you might want to tip the contents down the sink as it is a...

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Thu, Nov 12, 15

How to fold a fitted sheet

Now I know you probably think you’ve got the task of folding a fitted sheet mastered, as I have. But then I came across this wonderful video with an even...

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Thu, Oct 29, 15

DIY Lemon Furniture Polish

The furniture polish recipe below is an old one I’ve found in dozens of books. My favourite is called the Merry Wives of Windsor Balm. I’m not sure what the...

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