How to Colour Easter Eggs Naturally

March 28, 2010 by  
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Make your Easter a bit greener and more sustainable by colouring the eggs naturally.  Brown Easter eggs are my favourite for two reasons:

  1. the colour is natural and so simple to make,
  2. brown is strong enough for our chickens’ brown

Earth Hour 2010

March 20, 2010 by  
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In a week time on Saturday 27 March 2010 at 8.30pm, millions of people from around the world will join together for Earth Hour™.

Turning off the lights says we care about planet Earth and we want others to …

Simple Easter Floral Centrepiece

March 15, 2010 by  
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Easter Decorations

Seeing all the chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs immediately after Christmas made me instinctively block anything to do with Easter till recently. Now that there are less than three weeks left, I can put my guard down.

My first post on Easter theme is this simple floral centrepiece.

How to Make Hay for Pets

March 11, 2010 by  
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Seeing the photo above, some might ask:  what on earth are we doing here?  Making hay.  But why?  In an inner city backyard?  There are no big meadows or cows close by!

Well, we are using it as the chicken …