Before I left for a week in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia), my Zucchini plants were sporting the new aphid look – the popular pest fashion of white film over most of the leaves.
I nibbled on my …
Tag Archive: Green Home Tip
Greenwash and Organic Shampoos
Ok, the Sustainability Nut is on the Sustainable Shopping Hunt again, this time in search of the ultimate Sustainable Shampoo.
Now, this isn’t just any ordinary chemical-laden shampoo …
Home-made Natural Facial Mask – Avocado
Been out in those gale force winds recently, either walking to work or on your bike to the shops?
If when you got home and discovered your face resembled a crack in the sidewalk, here’s a super …
Natural Insect Repellent Snails and Slugs
I’m sure we have developed the largest population of snails per square centimeter within Australia over the past 18 months! They love our Passionfruit Vine, Mat Rush, and Aloe Vera …
Natural Insect Repellent Caterpillars
I found ‘munchers’ (caterpillars) on my various seedlings today… and I was delighted! Weird? Not at all, when you consider how lovely it would be to have a garden full of butterflies and moths …
Paperless Household
We became an almost paperless household shortly after LTSH (Long Term Suffering Husband) listened to the audio “Faster than the Speed of Light” and fantasized about being Australia’s answer …
Organic Food Prices
Each Friday a box of Organic Produce is delivered to our door, and we execute a frenzied raid on it. In fact most of the goodies are gone before Saturday morning. Each week I pin the …
Environmentally Friendly Clothes Washing Product
Ok, nuts it is! Soapnuts have won the official Sustainability Nut (no pun intended!) thumbs up for washing clothes.
Basically they are nuts – like real nuts that grow on trees – whose shells …
Eco Friendly and Good Lifestyles
Basically, my way of thinking is: we don’t have to give up our good lifestyles to minimise our impact on the planet. We simply need to make adjustments, ‘think outside the pollution box’ to …
Bat Conservation and Clothes
I recently read in the local newspaper that a resident of a Retirement Village that backs onto a swamp complained that a bat flew across her back yard and pooped on an item of clothing that was …