My son has recently acquired a passion for basketball. He is practicing four or five hours a day – on his own at the park. He is a serial obsessionist. His goal today is to be an NBA star. What I can be thankful for is that he has the concept very clear – you […]
A lot of my DIY’s start with a problem, usually one that isn’t easily or cheaply solved by conventional shopping. Either that or the options that are available have short shelf-lives or are worse for the environment than whatever I can piece together. This time the problem was with chairs. I have a table – […]
I like canning, we have a small kitchen. Stop me? Nope. In fact, I sometimes thing that my small space makes canning and food prep faster, I have everything I need at arms length and so can get going quickly when the opportunity or time presents itself.
I feel like the last month or so we’ve settle into our new normal. It look almost a full year, and there is still work to do, but our recycling bins are showing it. Just a celebratory moment. What would change if this was every families waste for two weeks?
It’s about mindset – and that new mindset will put pressure on the economy that the corporations can’t ignore. This week we had Greta Thunburg to remind us that “bit by bit what ever I can do” isn’t enough anymore. Our resources are not only finite… they are literally running out. Mindset – not bit by bit […]
Not buying things in plastic containers means making more things yourself. I’ve found a couple of short cuts. One of them is “mason jar mixes”. Basically I take my favorite baking recipes and pre-mix the dry ingredients in a mason jar. Then when I need to make a fresh batch I can dump the mason […]
So, fairly recently, the Bulk Barn has changed their policy and will let you use any refillable container as long as it is clean. This is great news for those of us who used to bring our own bags… and pull them out furtively and try to refill them, while waiting for the inevitable scolding. […]
So, if you are not going to buy plastic, you are not going to buy processed food. If you’re not going to buy processed food, you’re going to eat more healthy (good thing), but there are some foods that you may want to “process” at home. Here are the tools that we use most. I’ve […]
