It feels that growing our own food is a skill we’ve lost, most likely it’s because of the availability of cheap food, but I do think it is slowly making its way back into our lives. I know for many its intimidating to know where to start with growing food, particularly if you’ve no gardening […]
How to…garden on a budget
As much as I longed for a garden, when I did finally get one I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t completely overwhelmed with the whole thing. I’ll never forget standing in my garden 3 days after moving in, with a rough idea of what I wanted to achieve, and wondering how the heck […]
The Beginners Guide to Hogmanay
Hogmanay, or New Year’s Eve if you’re south of the border, is a BIG deal for us Scots. Some even proclaim it’s a bigger deal than Christmas (it’s something to do with the reformation and Christmas being a bit too, ya know, Catholic). Whether you agree or not, we Scots get an extra bank holiday […]
10 toddler meals
Feeding a toddler is tough work at any point in the day but I find teatime during the week the toughest. James is tired from nursery, I’m knackered from being at work all day and my commute home, and we’ve got a small window for quality time with one another before bedtime. So spending a […]
50 ways to save the planet
We’re finally in an age where caring for our environment is normal, perhaps even expected of us, and its amazing how far we’ve come in just a couple years. But it’s hard, and it’s overwhelming to think of how we can change our lifestyle to such a degree where it will make a difference, and […]
Flying with a toddler
Ok. Now that I’m on the other side of it, I can say with the utmost certainty that flying with a toddler is like childbirth. You can plan all you want and most likely it will go the opposite way you hoped for. But the upside is you will forget the pain and want to […]
Garden How To…grow a herb garden
In response to my previous post on how to grow sunflowers, a women on Instagram expressed a concern to me that she assumes there is more involved to gardening than just putting plants in the ground. Now I do not claim to be a gardening expert, far from it. My garden has been an experiment […]
Garden How To…grow sunflowers
With their bright yellow faces tracking the sun all day you can’t deny how cheerful Sunflowers are. Sunflowers are one of the easiest plants to grow and don’t need that much space. They only really require height. So you can grow these in pots on a small patio, a mini balcony, or even out on […]
Adventures in Weaning
Weaning is one of those milestones I looked forward to the most and one, which when it arrived, I felt strong cba vibes. I had JUST gotten James into a good eat/sleep routine and I was scared to introduce anything new which could potentially mess it up. And then there was the whole debacle of which […]
How to Survive Breastfeeding
For all those claims of how ‘natural’ it is, breastfeeding is HARD. My first child was born in early February and despite the fact I never really planned to breastfeed (read more about that here) I’ve been doing so exclusively for 12 weeks now. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way. Be Prepared Before baby […]