Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge

Five Fabulous Uses for Bicarbonate of Soda

 
 These days there are a lot of good proprietory eco-cleaning products available.  I’m always giving new products a go, generally I find them just as effective as their non-eco counterparts and they smell nice and are pleasant to use.  But I am never without a box of bicarbonate of soda.  (A bottle of distilled malt vinegar is never very far away either!) 
Unlike [...]

Chasing Butterflies

Look at this neat little cluster of eggs!  Yep, the large white butterflies have been at my kale.  So have  the small whites, in fact, and their tiny singly laid white eggs are much harder to spot.
If you wish to protect your brassicas from minute munching caterpillars your best bet is probably to cover them over with fleece so the [...]

New Look at Sustainable Living Project

Here is a picture of Willow trying not to get her feet wet, the towpath has pretty much reverted to its winter state.  I’ve never known a dog who is so fussy about her feet.  I’ve had to clip her claws this week as well, so now she’s really not talking to me.  Thanks to the [...]