When it comes to video games I can find them particularly difficult to finish. Not because of difficulty (I’m actually quite good at video games), but because of a reticence to let go of the world, characters and gameplay until every piece of content has been appreciated.
DIY: Dryer Fluff Firelighters
Do you have an ongoing collection of dryer lint *because it might be useful at some point*? Are you in the mood for a summer DI|Y project, the results of which will be unsubstantiable for months? Boy, have I got the zero-waste craft project for you! Okay so I’ll admit…
It’s Elderflower Season! – DIY Elderflower Cordial
It’s June, it’s sunny, it’s time for some syrupy goodness! Last week I made my first batch of elderflower cordial; I jumped the gun a bit and went a bit too early so I could only get enough flowers to make a half batch, but now the elderflowers are in…
Planting Potatoes
Last weekend, I planted up the spare seed potatoes that were left over from the allotment. There were about twenty spare potatoes that hadn’t fit from the main crop and so were hanging around, beckoning to my distaste for waste (new hashtag idea?). I had previously fished out the potato…
Forage: Wild Garlic Pesto
The Wild Garlic is out! Foraging is so immensely satisfying, it’s impossible to forage for ingredients and not come away feeling at one with nature. The combination of interacting with nature in a very tangible way, living in tandem with the seasons and getting stuff for free is a real…
Zero-Waste Popcorn
Popcorn is fabulous, popcorn is amazing – without a cinema trip in the near future I find myself craving cinema popcorn more and more every day. One of the highlights of 2020 was my cinema trip to see Tenet during the small reprieve of restrictions in the summer, being able…
Staying Eco-conscious during the Lockdown
The pandemic is the Worst, we all know that. Afraid of going to the shops more than absolutely necessary and trying to minimise all contact with the outside world, my family have been getting grocery deliveries and click and collect from SuperValu over the last few months. A great service…
Climate Ambassador
I am absolutely delighted to have been chosen as a 2021 Irish Climate Ambassador! The programme is run by An Taisce and the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment and offers training and encouragement to communicate and take action on climate change in the community! I’m really excited to…
Zero-waste Fail: Fatballs for Garden Birds
Thought I’d be productive this morning so I took the block of lard out of the fridge and started making fat balls for the birds in our garden. During the pandemic, we’ve been getting a lot of grocery deliveries from SuperValu and sometimes they substitute items if they don’t have…
2021
I’ve set up my Bullet Journal for 2021 and I am finally going to get cracking on some of that sustainability reading I have to work on. I never normally make New Year’s Resolutions, I consider them to be a bit twee and insipid, but this year feels different. With…