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Category Archives: Radical Homemaking
Story stones: how to make and use
I was tidying the desk in the study this morning when I found a small toy catalogue that had slipped beneath the printer. I looked at the pictures and thought they would be great for making story stones, a project … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Homemade, Parenting, Radical Homemaking
Tagged craft, homemade, kids, living_simply
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Homemade Vanilla Extract
Informed Papa was given a couple of bottles of alcohol as corporate gifts for Christmas last year. We aren’t big drinkers so I repurposed the grog into something more useful for us. I made vanilla extract. Here is how to … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Homemade, Radical Homemaking, Recipes
Tagged baking, homemade, household products, living_simply, vanilla
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Inside my fridge
Earlier this week Natural New Age Mum asked if I would share a photograph of inside my fridge and write a blog post to go along with it as part of a blog hop – see the links below to … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Homemade, Radical Homemaking
Tagged fermented foods, fridge, homemade, kimchi, lacto-fermented foods, milk, raw, rice milk, sauerkraut
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Homemade Sun Cream
I dislike using sun cream. It blocks absorption of UV radiation, which produces Vitamin D in the skin. Vitamin D is a cancer-preventer and has innumerous benefits to human health. Many people are Vitamin D deficient because we’ve been raised on a … Continue reading
Posted in Homemade, Radical Homemaking, Ranting, Recipes
Tagged antioxidants, cancer, chemical_warfare, health, homemade, household products, living_simply, natural_alternatives, suncream
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Homemade lemon enzyme cleaner
One day last year I had been making something in the kitchen that required lots of lemons. I had a bunch of lemon peels laying on the bench and I didn’t know what to do with them. I would love … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, Homemade, Radical Homemaking, Recipes
Tagged chemical_warfare, homemade, household products, living_simply, natural_alternatives
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We got bees!
An apiarist is a beekeeper. Who knew! I didn’t, until I started looking into beekeeping early last year. I read a few different articles mentioning how bees were dying and that this ultimately could affect the world’s food supply. Being … Continue reading
Homemade Lip Balms – Frankincense and Chocolate Mint (so delicious you’ll want to eat them!)
I recently tried my hand at making my own lip balm. Guess what – it’s super easy! If you have the ingredients, all that is required is to gently melt them together and pour into empty tubes. I am fortunate … Continue reading
Posted in Homemade, Label Detective, Radical Homemaking, Recipes
Tagged chemical_warfare, greensmoothie, handmade, homemade, labels, natural_alternatives
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Five reasons I make my own toothpaste
Up until two or three years ago I was using regular toothpaste from the supermarket. The big brand. The popular one. I never thought too much about the ingredients list or that fact that it contains sodium fluoride (a by-product … Continue reading
The love it deserves: a post dedicated to my sourdough starter and a couple of deceased goldfish.
When I was in high school I had a pet fish that thrived on neglect. He lived in a glass fish bowl in my bathroom (I was fortunate to have my own ensuite from age 13 until I moved out … Continue reading
