How about this for re-use… Way back when we started writing articles for this site we wrote quite a lot of money saving tips. One of those articles, written by Isabelle was on re-use. So I’m re-using it. So, Isabelle originally started that article with the vivid memory of when …
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Ever heard of a ‘Give and Take Day‘? No? Neither had I. Until we went to one. We’ve now been to two of these, the most recent one took place at our local church here in Cromford. We turned up, deposited a number of items we were ‘giving’ on one …
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Use Freecycle to get free second hand items and get rid of (i.e. re-cycle to a good home) your unwanted items. Freecycle is a Yahoo group. Have a look there https://www.freecycle.org/ and you’ll find a Freecycle group in your local area. People advertise the items they want rid of. If …
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A good system is like a good friend – it can help you take a load off. It’s not just about automation, though of course that’s pretty cool too. Systems are about more than that and they can be pretty powerful – even very, very simple ones. We are also …
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I am so, so , so , so very sorry, but I couldn’t resist writing this. I mean, I really don’t want to put a dampener on your chirstmas spirits or anything like that. Far from it. You might very well think this is me: No, that’s not me. That’s …
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Nettle brings back stingy childhood memories. But there’s a lot more to nettles and it’s not all bad… on the contrary! Did you know that nettles were introduced by the Romans in the countries (like the UK) with colder weather because the stings of the leaves on their legs kept …
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