Now that my children are back at school time seems to have hit fast forward mode and I can see December starting to hurtle towards me. This year especially I feel that I need to get organised early and start my Christmas present buying. Each year I try to buy just a little bit less … Continue reading Eco Family Life Gift Guide →

One of my favourite things about August has to be blackberries. We have a bramble growing by our back fence which produces some of the biggest and juiciest blackberries ever. I think some of the neighbours might find the bramble a bit messy looking but I’m reluctant to give it more than a light trim … Continue reading Blackberries →

I’ve been struggling to write a blog post for a while as I’ve felt like being eco-friendly has taken a bit of a backseat whilst we’ve all struggled with the challenges of lockdown. Plastic seems to be entering our house again in abundance, something which I feel a bit guilty about. As we’ve been shielding … Continue reading Eco Family Life in Lockdown →

It’s been a while since I last had the chance to write a blog post and a lot has changed since I last wrote. As a family we are into our fifth week of self isolation - our youngest child has Cystic Fibrosis which means we are all ‘shielding’ for at least 12 weeks. We’re … Continue reading Trying to be Eco-Friendly in Isolation →

We’ve been trying to reduce our plastic use and waste for a couple of years now and as we’ve been making changes I’ve kept a list of everything we’ve done so far. We’re not perfect, and I can’t see us fitting a year’s waste in a mason jar any time soon, but we have reduced … Continue reading Our plastic free journey so far… →

I’m still trying to perfect a more eco friendly bathroom cleaning routine. Along with ironing it’s one of my least favourite household chores but I force myself to give the bathroom a good scrub once a week. I’ve tried a variety of eco-friendly sprays but always get annoyed with having to buy a new spray … Continue reading Bathroom Cleaning →

One of the best eco-friendly things I’ve done has to be planning meals in advance. I was a bit uncertain at first as I generally thought I was pretty good at not wasting too much food and, to be honest, it felt like it could end up being a bit too much hard work and … Continue reading Meal Planning →

We’ve been trying to reduce plastic (and waste in general) for the past few years so I thought I’d share some of the things we’ve learnt along the way as it can be especially hard to avoid plastic at Christmas. 1. Stockings My children are still quite young and the lure of plastic toys like … Continue reading Plastic Free Christmas →

Over the past few weeks several people have asked me about eco-friendly wrapping paper so with Christmas just around the corner I thought it might be a good time to write a bit about how I wrap my presents. In about October I always have this lovely vision of me spending an evening happily wrapping … Continue reading Eco-friendly Gift Wrapping →

I have to admit that I’ve never been hugely into Halloween; apart from the occasional party it pretty much went past unnoticed when I was growing up. All that seems to have changed and my two children find it really exciting and pester me for sweets, costumes and pumpkins. So I’ve slowly been caving in … Continue reading Sustainable Halloween →