Self-reliance

Freeze drying might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but it's actually a fantastic method for preserving your food. If you've ever wondered how you can make your garden's bounty last longer, reduce waste, or even prepare for unexpected emergencies, freeze drying could be just the hack you're looking for.

Veg scrap chips are a tasty, sustainable way to reduce kitchen waste and make the most of your produce. Potatoe and pumpkin peels are perfect for making crispy chips that are both nutritious and easy to prepare. Here's how to make vegie scrap chips at home with potato or pumpkin peels.

Grafting: the technique that turns peaches into apricots and quinces into pears. Ever wondered why most fruit trees are so expensive at the nursery? Or how you can get an apple with multiple varieties on the one tree? That is because most fruit trees aren’t simply grown from seed, like common veg. Get… View more

One of our favourite colourful root vegetables, the humble beetroot, is a fantastic place to start if you are new to fermenting vegetables. Packed with fibre, folate, manganese, potassium, iron and vitamin C, beetroot can help improve digestive health and lower blood pressure.

If you keep bees, then you will often end up with spent beeswax which is a highly valuable resource but before you can use it, you need to render it to turn it from the beeswax that bees use to the beeswax that we can use. It can seem a bit overwhelming at first but […]

There are many sustainability trends around, often involving purchasing a whole lot of new products that apparently help you to be ‘more sustainable’. But there’s a new trend emerging on social media called Underconsumption Core and it is one Pip agrees with.

If you are fortunate enough to be dripping in limes at the moment, these three recipes will help utilise your stash plus keep the zesty goodness of your limes available year around.