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Grow Your Own

Start growing your own wonderful herbs with this set of three growing tins, including Purple Basil, Flowering Oregano & Chive seeds. Keep them on your windowsill, water them every now and then and you’ll have fresh herbs whenever you need them.

This cooks!

The cost of cooking for rural communities has a heavy burden on the environment and on the health of women and children who are most at risk from the toxic smoke and fumes caused by the open fires, so the invention of a biomass burning stove that uses a fraction of the wood normally used to cook a family meal and that reduces smoke emissions by up to 70% is being hailed as a miracle solution.
I was shown an interesting site a few days ago that draws statistical information from a variety of big agencies worldwide http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks2.htm . Despite its hilarious name the information that you are able to view – in real time - gives pause for sober thought.

Articles of interest

For The Birds : The Cape West Coast is a region rich in biodiversity and one blessed with ...Read more
Rock of Ages :

Exploring Bushmanskloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat, ...Read more

This cooks! : The cost of cooking for rural communities has a heavy burden on the environ ...Read more
Say No to battery chickens and eggs : Despite the obviously complex logistics behind such a move, Woolworths has ...Read more
Good for the body, good for the earth : Earthsap’s body range uses pure, simple ingredients including coconut, palm ...Read more
Oh Bokkie! : Bokkie is a state of mind; a search for the definition of what being South ...Read more