I wanted to make some jam today but the jars I wanted to use had horrible sticky label goo left on them. Don’t you just hate the sticky mess left by labels? I’ve never had any luck removing label goo...
A restaurant I love in Palmerston North used to serve the most amazing cauliflower and brie soup. I would go there just to get this amazing soup. So Mr Ecochick made this soup for me and wrote his ow...
I’ve been reading so many great blogs and adding them to posts I’ve been writing. Therefore I’ve made a featured on NZ Ecochick button feel free to add this to your posts or blog if I have featured y...
Seems you my lovely readers love homemade gifts my post on Christmas gifts was SO super popular that I think I’ll have to do a sequel since I’ve found heaps more cool ideas. I’ve also found heaps of ...
I found a cool site today called WebEcoist which has some wonderful projects on it that I want to add to our garden. So I thought I would make a list of things I want to make or have in our garden.&n...
Look I’m like a “real” gardener now; I’m growing my own seedlings and I have tomato plants! I went out with a girlfriend the other day to buy some melon seedlings which I couldn’t but thanks to a fac...
I can’t seem to get enough of planters and they seem to just keep landing in my lap. So cool. Mum had these two old garbage cans at her place that haven’t been used in years so she said I could have ...
I love kale (borecole). It’s a beautiful vegetable so green, curly and leafy. Kale is really healthy its high in vitamin C and K, lutein, beta carotene and a bunch of other stuff. It amazes me that i...
The wonderful folks at ECOtanka sent me my very own tanka to try. Even though ECOtanka sent me the tanka all views are my own. I just love my tanka. I love everything about my tanka and ECOtanka. I l...
Being the 15 it’s time for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - November 2011 so I thought I would share the yummies and flowers in my garden. Check out what is blooming all around the world at May Dreams Gar...
I love Christmas time! I love the sights, the smells. I love the Christmas shop at Kirkcaldie & Stains! I love Christmas carols, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations and I love homemade gifts. ...
I love a good pad Thai but sadly there are no decent Thai restaurants near our home so much like our home made sushi we started making our own pad Thai. There are some amazing Thai restaurants in Pal...
I wanted to share the wonderful new gardens I have. This one is a tyre I got from a friend. I filled it with strawberries that my neighbour left on my doorstep for me. I love sharing and exchanging w...
A few weeks ago Marcia from 4MyEarth was googling tints of nature stockists and found NZ Ecochick instead! So she sent me an email asking me if I would like to review some of her products. I’ve had m...
A few weeks ago in Wendyl Nissen’s weekly newsletter she mentioned that having pots of mint around repels flies. Well I think the nation’s mint and pots sales probably doubled overnight as avid reade...
Mum had this foot stool in her home for ages (no idea where it came from) and now it has moved into our home. I love foot stools and have three (one that’s a bit more like a low chair which I often l...
I’ve wanted to share our favourite meal for ages so I though tonight’s the night that I would share this amazing recipe for all the world to make. We got the recipe from Mr Ecochicks mum and make it ...
A million years ago (wayyyy back in July – disgusting I know so sorry Mel) I was tagged by the very frugal Mel from Frugal Kiwi. I am still excited that I was asked to be part of this tag (not sure w...
Fantastic guest post from Kris at Healthy Alternatives. Healthy Alternatives are passionate about healthy eating and helping people to achieve better health. They provide a range of goods and food co...
When I was a child we had a play room and we just loved playing in there. It was great because we had all our toys in one place and we could leave whatever were working on out rather than having to p...
Book review: A Home Companion by the one and only Wendyl Nissen. This book review was a guest post I did for Healthy Alternatives. After reading Mother’s little helper I’m seriously addicte...
I realised we were spending over $200 a month on our two mobiles and internet usage. I was sure we could save some money in this area so we’ve almost halved that bill after just two phone calls. Than...
I was walking around the garden taking photos to show you how all my fruit and veggies were coming along then while I wasn’t looking my snow peas went and produced, well, some snow peas! This is supe...
Was reading about a childs playing called natural play! According to kidspot "Natural play is the best kind of play and has many forms, all of them valuable for development in the first seven or ...
Justwanted to share this lovely new family photo. It’s just beautiful. I’mso happy with it. It looks wonderful on our wall in this lovely old frame I foundin our spare room (no idea where it came fro...
I thought I’d do a garden roll call and also as requested a photo of my new washing machine planters. Dont they look super cool? I love that on one side of the garden I have 3 new washing machine pla...
I’ve had my eye on a Mad Millie cheese making kit for ages and the lovely folks at Mad Millie sent me a Beginners Italian Kit to play with and review. Even though Mad Millie sent me this product to t...
I had a sink leftover from the bathroom renovations and a few months ago I decided that I was going to use the sink as a planter pot (my mother in law is also renovating and has another sink fo...
November article for the Parents centre newsletterThis photo was taken at Volendam while we were in Holland last year I was lucky that I was raised in a bilingual household and I would like to p...
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