It’s ages since I’ve put together a post with ideas about how we can do our bit for the planet, support our communities and generally save the world, so here goes…
We can fix things:
Mr Snail, hard at work
Mended
Darn!
A bulging mending box
All soled up
Iron-on mending tape
I hope this will work
Splint in place to repair my swift
Mr Snail attaching the new base plate onto our original DC01
We can see value in what’s around us, in what others might consider waste, and we can turn it into something useful or beautiful, or both:
From the stash
Storing a chilli glut
Gradually filling the raised bed with old paperwork, boxes… anything that will compost
Peach seeds… growing not throwing
Elf hat – from scrap yarn
Mosaic from a broken bowl
Multi-coloured hat from scraps
Two 330l compost bins
Roses from scrap yarn
We can support local business, small producers and community activities:
Yarns from small producers
Yarn bowl, yarn and table from small producers
Our corner of the market place (photo: James Taylor)
Sociable and creative
Loyalty card and vouchers
Handmade shawl pin and shawl made from British wool
Each hook is unique and handmade
A busy market day
Market for the people
Hand-thrown soup bowls (by my friend Joe Finch)
A local organic farm that sells direct
We can make thoughtful choices when we spend our money:
Soap without palm oil in a coconut dish
Organic and fair trade
Trying to reduce packaging
Non-plastic toothbrush
Non-plastic vegetable brush
Washing up brush with replaceable heads
Local wool, bought in Norway
No plastic in my tea
Bulk purchase
Mother of pearl buttons – not plastic
Envelope reuse labels
We can grow and cook our own… that way we know what’s in what we eat:
Mr Snail rolling the dough
Apple pie
Two different sorts of apple cake
Bottled apples
Indoor courgettes
A few of my current apple collection
Stewing
Beefsteak tomato
Salad leaves in a planter measuring 40cm x 60cm
Planting amongst the greenery
Tea!
Ladder allotment
Rhubarb
Seedlings
Home-grown eggs
Broccoli ready for harvesting
Making cheese
Carving the squash
Chickens
Cooking
Soup-making
And we can share our stories:
I have no idea what I was talking about at this point!
