Kay from Kaitaia has been on the oily rag website and has a suggestion for those making Yorkshire pudding. The comment is in response to a recipe posted by Fred., “I have this dead simple recipe for Yorkshire pudding. I saw it on TV – it’s so simple that we now make it regularly. I […]
I have great success with planting sprouted potatoes and growing my own. But for the times that you don’t want to have your potatoes sprout, I hear that if you put an apple in with your potatoes, they don’t sprout. I am in t he process of trying it, so can’t vouch for it as […]
Microwave potatoes before baking halves baking time.
Our kids have great fun making their own yoghurt. They choose their flavour and help in the shaking. It then becomes ‘their’ yoghurt and they consume it with great gusto and remarks about how good it tastes! That means they are eating healthier and we are saving money! What’s even better, last week the supermarket […]
I was pleased to find a slug and snail product in his local garden centre that is safe for pets and wildlife. I have never used a slug and snail bait because I have been worried about poisoning bird life, but now I can blitz the blighters worry-free.
John writes that he is enjoying seeing native wood pigeons feasting on the guava berries in his garden. He has grown them especially for the pigeons but says he loves eating them fresh from the tree too. So, if you have some space, guavas are a great tree to plant – and they are also […]
Handy hint for winter months. Keep a sunlight liquid type squeeze bottle of water in your car for when you go out in evening and find front car window frozen. We also keep a clean bucket of water at our back and front doors for local cats to have a drink of water. These are […]
Timebanks and LETS (local energy transfer system) are excellent groups to join to help live more prosperously without money (or certainly with a lot less money)… We have Eastbay Timebank in Whakatane and surrounding areas…. Google for your local one.
Dont buy it if you havent got the money saved. Then concider is it a Want or Need? You will appreciate it more if you need to wait. You never know it may be On Sale when the time comes. Bonus!!
I make raised gardens out of discarded pallets. There is a business not far from us that puts them outside their premises for people to have free. I dismember them and re-cut the timber to suit. The result is a raised garden about 800mm by 500mm by 300mm high. It takes about three pallets to […]