Stitching the Seasons: Tracking Climate with a Temperature BlanketGetting Started with 2023 Temperature Blanket A temperature blanket is a knitting or crocheting project where each row or section represents the daily temperature over a set period, typically a year. The colours correspond to temperature ranges, creating a visual record of climate trends. Makers choose a colour scaleContinueContinue reading “Stitching the Seasons: Tracking Climate with a Temperature Blanket (Getting Started 2023)”
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12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Plastic Wrapping Paper
Month 12- December it’s Wrapping Paper Background….. As when I decided to go Vegan back in 2013, I started with the food, gradually as I did the next shop I swapped over the milk and butter and cheese, we obviously stopped eating or buying any meat but finding substitutes didn’t happen over night. My husbandContinueContinue reading “12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Plastic Wrapping Paper”
12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Plastic Bottles
Month 10- October it’s Plastic Bottles Background….. As when I decided to go Vegan back in 2013, I started with the food, gradually as I did the next shop I swapped over the milk and butter and cheese, we obviously stopped eating or buying any meat but finding substitutes didn’t happen over night. My husbandContinueContinue reading “12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Plastic Bottles”
DIY: How We Grow Food in a Vertical Garden Using Milk Cartons On A Fence – 2022 UPDATE
How We Grow Food in a Vertical Garden Using Milk Cartons On A Fence – 2022 UPDATE 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 windowContinueContinue reading “DIY: How We Grow Food in a Vertical Garden Using Milk Cartons On A Fence – 2022 UPDATE”
12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Usable Items For Your Garden
Month 9- September it’s Usable Items For Your Garden Background….. As when I decided to go Vegan back in 2013, I started with the food, gradually as I did the next shop I swapped over the milk and butter and cheese, we obviously stopped eating or buying any meat but finding substitutes didn’t happen overContinueContinue reading “12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Usable Items For Your Garden”
TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem
BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem Katrina from Cambridgeshire, England & Peter from Cape Town, South Africa and their children are a Vegan living family of 5 living in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 children aged 12-15. Their eldest Clayton who is Autistic and Non verbal is Home Educated by KatrinaContinueContinue reading “TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem”
12 Months:12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Kitchen Items
Month 6 – June it’s Kitchen Items Background….. As when I decided to go Vegan back in 2013, I started with the food, gradually as I did the next shop I swapped over the milk and butter and cheese, we obviously stopped eating or buying any meat but finding substitutes didn’t happen over night. MyContinueContinue reading “12 Months:12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Kitchen Items”
Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed
You don’t need a huge space to start growing food and you don’t need a large space to start a food forest. Just start where you are & with what you have to move forward. Using the Permaculture Design Principles you can maximise your space to get the most from it. Source: familyfoodgarden.com The differentContinueContinue reading “Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed”
Sheet Mulching a Large Grass Lawn Area To Build A Food Forest
See Previous Posts Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? And Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1) Where Did We Start From? This area had the 8 Fruit Trees & Cages planted across the back. The idea was to sheet mulch the whole area aroundContinueContinue reading “Sheet Mulching a Large Grass Lawn Area To Build A Food Forest”
