Looking for a pumpkin soup recipe today? Try the modern housewife blog or our own soup page 
Squirreling underway:
the wood pile grows, all from free sources / saved from skips etc.
and then there’s been some baking for the freezer:
four loaves of wholemeal, not the prettiest packaging, but hey it's recycled!
Come on then winter, what you waiting for?!!!
Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, dancing, cake eating, writing, woodland walking... no set subject matter here really though :)
The more ancient archives are the old home ed diary starting in June 2005 and evolving on from there.
Salt of the Earth deodorant
totally natural and awesome!
from Amazon.co.uk
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Beautifully pure laundry nuts... better for the planet and your skin... works out cheap too.
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The greatest blender ever...
The Vitamix!
Used daily by us :)
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very powerful for it's size
smaller price than Vitamix
great containers too
The Tribest Personal Blender
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Coconut oil is a youth enhancing, beautiful smelling moisturiser, a healthy cooking oil and a hair conditioner...
from amazon.co.uk
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Sophie Hannah's best psychological mystery so far...
Buy UK or Buy US
How to Grow Your Own Food: A Week-by-week Guide to Wild Life Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening - actually a very good, humorous read too. Full of practical advice for getting the most food out of your garden.
Amazon.co.uk
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Amazon.com (USA)
first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
red dragon pie posted on January 9, 2012 
pancake day reading posted on February 21, 2012 
Crocus posted on February 22, 2012 
Valentine posted on February 14, 2012 
a casserole and a cookbook posted on January 12, 2010 
About posted on January 14, 2010 
Innocent Veg Pots posted on June 17, 2011 
raised beds posted on August 24, 2010 
Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake posted on December 22, 2011 
These creamy white buttons make the most amazing white hot chocolate! See Cat's recipe on The Modern Housewife blog.
Love the pumpkins expression ^_^
He is a mellow little guy… He’s going to be composted today though. Bet he keeps smiling