What Did We Do? First we start by finding the ingredients we needed, we already had a large range of essential oils to use, bicarbonate of soda we use for cooking so we jut needed to source some citric acid granules which was easier than expected as it is widely sold and pretty cheap. AsContinueContinue reading “-No Waste Wednesday- How We Made Easy Toilet Bombs Using 3 Ingredients”
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-No Waste Wednesday-What To Do With All The Little Bits Of Cardboard
What Do We Do? There are so many bits of cardboard and paper that comes through the post nowadays, there’s a bigger box with brown paper packing inside, then a smaller box with the product in. Trays of tins come on brown cardboard, extra strips of packing in furniture boxes, amazon envelopes, the list goesContinueContinue reading “-No Waste Wednesday-What To Do With All The Little Bits Of Cardboard”
Building a Kitchen Courtyard Herb Garden in a Small Space in Scotland (Part 1-2019)
Building a Kitchen Courtyard Herb Garden in a Small Space in Scotland (Part 1-2019) A kitchen courtyard garden blends beauty and function, turning even the smallest outdoor space into an edible space. With thoughtful design, you can grow fresh herbs, salad greens, and more just steps from your kitchen, perfect for enhancing meals, reducing wasteContinueContinue reading “Building a Kitchen Courtyard Herb Garden in a Small Space in Scotland (Part 1-2019)”
-No Waste Wednesday-How We Grow Food in a Vertical Garden Using Milk Cartons On A Fence
What Did We Do? Not being happy with the amount of plastic that was going to landfill, we wanted to come up with a solution to help reduce that. When researching I came across plastic milk cartons being used on the window sills for herbs, just the bottoms used with drainage holes. I thought whyContinueContinue reading “-No Waste Wednesday-How We Grow Food in a Vertical Garden Using Milk Cartons On A Fence”
-No Waste Wednesday- How We Use Insides Of Toilet Rolls In Our Garden
What Did We Do? First we start by collecting all the inside of the toilet rolls all year round. Usually gives us around 3 a week 150ish over the year. We collect them ready to use in April to plant seeds in that we want to grow a little taller before planting out, like BroadContinueContinue reading “-No Waste Wednesday- How We Use Insides Of Toilet Rolls In Our Garden”
Making Every Bit Of Space Usable. Building A Long Planter Raised Bed
Where Did We Start From? This side is where the sun sets at night, it takes a while for the sun to reach this area in the day, but when it does, the sun reflects off the white shell wall (which is stunning up close) and gives the plants that extra much needed sun. ThereContinueContinue reading “Making Every Bit Of Space Usable. Building A Long Planter Raised Bed”
How I Changed an Under Stairs Cupboard into a Calm Room with a Bed on a Budget
What Did it looked like? The stairs we have are extra wide, this space is 45” wide a few inches short of a small double bed (4ft) There was a door either side There was a door either side, one leading to the living room, one leading to the dinning room. You had to openContinueContinue reading “How I Changed an Under Stairs Cupboard into a Calm Room with a Bed on a Budget”
Building a Mini Food Forest in a Small Area. Ours is On A Fence (Year 1)
What Did We Do? When we moved in, this area had conifers that covered half way across the garage, that were taller than the bungalow next door and were cut back so much on neighbours side they had browning leaves at the bottom. Google street view shows the trees maybe about 10yrs ago. This isContinueContinue reading “Building a Mini Food Forest in a Small Area. Ours is On A Fence (Year 1)”
Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1)
See Previous Post Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? When and Where Did We Plant? After building and planting in the fruit cage in July 2019 the design plan was to carry the fruit trees across the back. Not being able to cage the whole 30m area across we used theseContinueContinue reading “Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1)”
