A genuine conversation from last night (not over the dinner table, otherwise the reply would have been “Do we have to discuss this while we’re eating?”).
“Mummy, do people get worms?”
“Yes, dear.”
“How do you get rid of them? Do you have to take the cat’s worm pills?”
“Umm…I’ll have to find out.”
Time for some research about [...]
One of the most popular gifts for the guys seems to be car grooming products. The only snag with these is that they’re not that natural, with the exception of chamois leather cleaning cloths. With the amount of time that modern people spend inside their cars, especially if you have a decent work [...]
You can tell that there’s something not quite right about new carpets if those carpets are made from synthetic ick – it smells. That characteristic chemical “new” smell. Now, the fumes and vapours given off by a new carpet are not quite as bad as some toxins that you probably get exposed to [...]
Whether you have a fully equipped home office or whether you only touch a computer when you’re at work in an office outside the home, there’s no denying that a computer is a wonderful tool – that uses electricity. While it is true that computers are not one of the big consumers of electricity [...]
Obviously, when you start making changes in your lifestyle to make the world a better place, it’s best to start in your immediate environment. This applies whether the changes you are making are related to spiritual matters, environmental matters, family matters or a combination of all three. Yes, it’s good to make donations [...]
Keeping warm and saving power may seem like a contradiction. After all, we need to use a bit of power to get a bit of warmth in our homes. So how can you save on power – and on carbon emissions – and still keep yourself from catching hypothermia or walking around your [...]
One of the wonderful things about natural cleaners is that they are safe for children to use. Most of the ingredients used to make these home-made cleaning products don’t need warnings on the label to store out of reach of children and to use the product in an adequately ventilated area; neither does it [...]
It has happened. If you look through the BBC’s archives, you will find an account of a time when it actually did rain apples in one part of Britain. This probably won’t happen to you, but if it does – or, which is more likely, you have a very productive apple tree or [...]
Very recently, the prestigious London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine released a press statement claiming that organic food has no notable nutritional benefits when compared to conventionally grown food. This was answered by a swift counter-claim from the Soil Association that claimed that indeed, organically grown crops do have a higher level of [...]
So you’ve tried nearly everything you can think of to try to get rid of those garden weeds by benign organic means. You’ve tried hoeing them out and pulling them out but still they come back. If you’ve reached the end of your tether and are considering hitting the poison bottles (not drinking [...]
