Green Living

  • Organic Ways to Control Insects and Pests

    If you’re growing veggies you’ll have problems with bugs. It’s hard to know what to do when you discover insects or pests eating away at your vegetable garden, other than go to the shop and buy some hardcore poison. Except don’t do that. I have a few family recipes that I use when those bugged […]

  • Fire Wood Expedition

    Friends and family have loved? our invitations to come and get involved in the firewood expeditions. Being in the middle of the wilderness with the power of the chainsaw can be quite exhilarating. What I like to bring as a sweet pick us up before and after and during these fire wood sessions. Simple As […]

  • The Family Home. Greece.

    About ten years ago my dad decided to buy a piece of land on a small island in the middle of the Aegean in Greece. It’s become a refuge for family and friends to meet while traveling Europe and a place that holds so much of what we are creating here in Australia. The vast […]

  • Healthy Shopping: Should I Buy Organic or Regular?

    Which fruit, vegetables and produce should we buy organic? Ever crunched into a delicious home grown carrot? Then you’ll know anything home grown and organic tastes better. A lot better. And if food is grown without being sprayed with poisonous pesticides, or hit with chemical fertilizers, it’s a better story for our body – no […]

  • Free Range Eggs – A Guide

    When it comes to eggs, is free range really free range? How should we choose which eggs to buy? Here’s a few pointers to help you decide between free range, cage, organic and barn laid eggs. Let’s start with some facts on battery farmed eggs so we can make informed decisions on whether or not […]