20
Jul
G.B.
Charities/Community Groups like Plunket, Parents Centre and Playcentre run courses for parents, to learn how to make toys.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
20
Jul
A.C.
Borrowing toys from toy libraries means that the children get to play with a variety of toys and the bedrooms aren’t cluttered up with rarely-played-with toys.
20
Jul
M.W.
The best money I have ever spent on toys for my children is my annual toy library membership. Our toy library has no per toy charge. We get a wide range of toys and puzzles and they get changed every two weeks so the kids always have something new and interesting. The second best money […]
20
Jul
Betty, Masterton.
Halve children’s toys, and store in the ceiling for six months…then swap them over.
19
Jul
Luigi, the Italian kook.
Making a pesto is a dead easy, but a goodie blender is required. I a like to use pesto as a sauce with pasta to give it real mmmmm flavour, but it can be dolloped on baked spuds or used as a spread on crackers or toast. The basic ingredients for an my favourite pesto […]
18
Jul
F.A.
Sometimes it is better value to rent a vehicle than take your own, especially if your vehicle is an older one. You get an almost new vehicle to use, it will probably be cheaper to run petrol-wise, more comfortable to drive, and you get no wear and tear on your own car. By shopping around […]
18
Jul
BF, Hastings.
The cost of replacing a security coded car key can be substantial especially if the car security system needs to be re-coded. I have placed a small tag on my key ring with my cell phone number on it and an offer of a reward to someone who finds and returns it. This has “saved” […]
18
Jul
Nannie Suzanne, Okere Falls, Rotorua.
When my grandchild was a preschooler and I looked after her during the day, we spent many long hours in the organic veggie garden One thing Emma wanted to do was to grow something herself, by her self We chose the silver beet that we purchased, then Emma planted, them watered them & cared for […]
18
Jul
Reader
Kids garden. The good thing about a kids garden is that it does not need to be big… something about a metre square should be enough. We recommend a raised garden, using a timber frame with a minimum height of 150mm (and if they get tired of gardening it can always be turned into a […]
18
Jul
Apteryx, Kaipara.
Tomatoes require plenty of water when fruiting. The hose is useless on a hot summer’s day. Take a two litre plastic bottle, drink the contents, put a pin hole in the side down at the bottom of the bottle, then fill with water and place it in the garden by the tomato plant. Remove the […]