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My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge
The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.
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What the Beautiful Mana Island Has to Offer in Fiji
Mana Island, part of Fiji’s stunning Mamanuca Islands, welcomes you with friendly locals upon arrival. When you get to Mana Island Resort check in you are aware of Fijian time and slow down. Kids Club, Adult Activities and great snorkelling,
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Amazing Unbreakable Sunglasses For Your Kids
The best sunglasses for kids that they can’t break, and they’re Australian made. So fashionable and sustainable that you may as well buy your kid two pairs.
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Practical Books for Parents Who Need Mum School
Recommended parenting books if you have strong willed children, don’t want to change them, but need help finding your old parenting perspective,
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How to Make Waste Free Lunch Boxes
How do you make a waste free lunch? Kids love exciting new treats like pretzels or dried mango bought from your local bulk food store.
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Great Fun Sustainable Gifts For The Whole Family
I hope this list helps you rethink your gift giving, and makes things a little easier. Let me know if you’ve stumbled upon a great item that needs to be added here.
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Is There a Food Revolution About to Happen Soon?
We need to get back to the love of food, the love of flavour and texture, and start reaping all the healthy nutrients that the land provides us when we farm sustainably.
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5 easy ways to save water at home
Simple every day tips to help you save water in your home.
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7 easy ways to reduce plastic pollution at home
How are you going with your Plastic Free July efforts? If you are new to this effort, give yourself a pat on the back every time you remember your coffee keep cup, reusable drink bottle and reusable shopping bags. It takes time to change habits, so start now.
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How to Install a Raised Garden and Grow Vegetables
There are many things to consider when making a new garden bed, particularly when the intention is to grow food. The most important thing is the amount of sun that the spot in the garden gets. To grow vegetables you need a minimum of six hours of sunshine a day. When deciding to start growing…
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New Caledonia Provides Family Holiday Bliss
New Caledonia is the perfect winter escape. Soak up another culture, speak another language, enjoy delicious food, and seriously slow down. If the thought of a 24 hour flight from Sydney to Paris with children terrifies you as much as it terrifies me, than New Caledonia is the place for you! At just a 2.5…
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Our South New Caledonia Family Holiday Adventure
Recently my family and I were lucky enough to have a holiday in Noumea, New Caledonia. To be honest, we were lucky that my husband made it, yacht racing over high seas. But I don’t really want to talk about that, since I was a super brave Mum flying with high energy 4.5 and 3…
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Feeling Grateful With My Adorable, Sassy Two-Year-Old Coffee Date
Two year old attitude has kicked in and fortunately feelings of being grateful have come along with it. Yesterday I made a real effort to do fun things with my youngest daughter, just the two of us. She may have guilted me in to it last Thursday when her big sister was at kindy, and…
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Crazy Carrots and Cute Kids Growing and Picking Vegetables
It’s been a long time since I last grew carrots, mainly because they aren’t easy and they take a long time to grow before you can harvest them. But, my kids LOVE eating carrots, so it doesn’t make sense that we aren’t growing our own. Thus, we changed that, and we got these funny shaped carrots…
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Spoilt Backyard Chickens Get Fancy Feeders for Thanks Giving
It’s thanks giving weekend and the chickens are getting well and truly looked after. The chickens and I were gifted a brand new super efficient chicken feeder. My daughter’s birthday present of seven baby chicks are currently living in the old coop, but will be in the main hen house before we know it. Which will…