Water Scarcity And Why We Need World Water Day

Blue Earth graphic with words UN Water 22 March World Water Day

 

Water scarcity – why is it an issue?

Every drop of fresh water is precious.

Water is essential for life. The #WaterIsLife hashtag you see on social media reminds us of Continue reading

Buying And Planting A Bare-Rooted Currant Bush

Buying bare-rooted plants

Days 71 to 73 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: when I explain how I buy and plant a bare-rooted currant bush to provide fruit in summer.

A few posts ago I wrote about the bounty that you can get from home-grown fruit and what I have done to get it.

I mentioned that: Continue reading

Delicious Bread From Regenerative Farming

Bread in paper bag

Day 70 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: discovering delicious bread, made from single-source flour from wheat grown using regenerative farming.

It’s always interesting buying a different version of one of your staple foods.

Yesterday I noticed a bakery cafe had a visually attractive display of hand-crafted breads Continue reading

Using Stale Bread For A Bread And Butter Pudding

Bread and butter pudding

Day 69 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: making the most of stale bread and other leftovers.

A while ago someone gave me a large bag of sliced bread after a function. I thought I would be able to use these pieces of French stick (baguette) to make garlic bread for Continue reading

Why The Bounty Of Home-Grown Fruit Is Good

Bowls of plums

Day 68 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: planting ahead for the bounty of home-grown fruit.

Back in February I had this wonderful bounty of plums.

Plums to eat.

Plums to share. Continue reading