Little Green Blog

a sea of horsetail and bindweedI’ve been out spending time in our much-neglected garden today. I must admit a deepening sense of defeat at times with our horsetail-ridden clay bed.
A week ago the soil was still too wet to handle and today it was baked and cracked. I have nothing in the beds except weeds […]

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helping hands across the world with random acts of kindnessThis month I have been inspired by my cyber friend Melissa to take part in her Random Acts of Kindness challenge.
This is something that has always been close to my heart. I love how the tiniest and most simple thing can make my day and it’s […]

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Little Miss Green - about to burst with joy and excitementYesterday afternoon Little Miss Green came to see me with a grin so huge I felt her cheeks would burst. Her eyes were sparkling and she just couldn’t control her absolute joy as it seeped out of her body.
I had no idea what was going […]

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Chile Chew’s Cut the crap challengeI laughed my way through an amazing thread this week, over at MSE about unusual things people had sold on eBay. It bought true meaning to ‘one mans trash is another’s treasure’.

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a beautiful beltane maidenSpring is rather like a birthing rite. There are so many conflicting energies. It is a transition. The simplest and most noticeable conflict is with the weather. One day we wear shorts, t-shirts and eat salad for lunch. The next, we are wrapped in cosy sweaters craving warming stews. During the […]

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crunchy chicken’s Buy Nothing ChallengeI’m pretty good at this as my circumstances tend to force me to be anyway! Again, I tend to do really well for a while, and then just get something without thinking.
I still stand by my biggest learning in this, which is, never to shop with children. Even in the small, […]

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