May
14
Between a third and a half of all household waste can be turned into compost for use in the garden rather than put in the rubbish bin to end up in landfill. Anything in your home that eventually decomposes can go into your compost bin or heap.
May
14
Worm farms are an ideal way to deal with small amounts of household waste and are perfect if you don’t have much outside space. A worm farm is basically a series of small bins or crates stacked on top of each other with holes in the floor of each for the worms to crawl up [...]
May
10
A neat lawn with healthy plants, shrubs, trees, and an abundance of wildlife is a joy to behold but the aim is to be as green as possible in an environmental sense as well as having green and pleasant land.
Caring for the grass
Grass is much better for wildlife than concrete but your grass doesn’t have [...]
May
10
Everyone can have a garden of some sort — from the window box on the tiny balcony or window ledge to the community garden shared by the whole neighbourhood; from the allotment hired from the local council to your private garden attached to your semi in the suburbs.
May
05
Dried or canned legumes and pulses (peas, beans and lentils). Red lentils cook down to a soft porridge consistency, which is great in stews, soups, curries and Bolognese; Puy lentils, however, keep their shape when cooked. Chickpeas and beans such as borlotti, butter, kidney and flageolet, as well as canned mixed pulses, are all useful. [...]
May
05
Organic, semi-skimmed milk or a dairy- free alternative such as soya, almond or hazelnut, or quinoa ‘milk’. (Note that all these contain protein, helping to balance blood sugar, whereas rice milk is very high in starchy carbohydrates and has a high GL, so limit or avoid it if your child has blood sugar problems.)
