Living in the city doesn’t mean you can’t grow some of your own food. Even if you have no garden at all, think balconies, windowsills, apartment rooftops or community gardens. They are all potential ...
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Soft Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
It's one week till Christmas and I have just started to bake cookies. Mostly to give away as presents. Our family is in Europe and the US so it's only four of us to cook and bake for at Christmas. For ...
Update on Our Pet Chickens
I didn't really write a lot about our pet chickens in the past three years. They've deserved more space on this blog, however. There has been a major change, and thus the update. We got three ...
Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe
The other day I spotted a jar of applesauce on the shop shelf. I can't remember ever buying one, as it is so easy to make homemade applesauce. The first time I ate applesauce was in Germany (Apfelmus) ...
How to Remove Coffee/Tea Stains from Cups
Is there anything less appetizing then drinking from a coffee or tea stained cup? Have you ever come to an organisation, school etc, wanting to make a cuppa, but couldn't find one ...
How to Grow Garlic in the City
Late autumn, early winter is the perfect time to plant garlic in Melbourne (Australia). These photos are from our container garden last year's crop. I also planted some garlic in our community veggie ...
Homemade Natural Pink Food Colour
By now it is very well known that artificial food colourings are linked to kids behaviour problems. So why not give our kids the best start in life and avoid artificial additives as much as possible. ...
Healthy Vegetarian Salad “Sustainable Echo”
This November Sustainable Echo is turning two! To celebrate its second birthday, I decided to make a healthy vegetarian raw salad we named after our blog, instead of a birthday cake. If only our kids ...
Homemade Natural Glue
During their childhood, kids use a large amount of glue. Most of them are chemical mixtures with no ingredients listed on the packaging. You can only imagine what's in there. Preschoolers love ...
Semolina Soup Dumplings
It's the middle of the winter here down-under and what better way to warm up than with a hot soup. Our all time favourite is this veggie soup with semolina dumplings. Very popular throughout Europe, ...