I took the boys out to our local Pick Your Own the other day, and we spent a very pleasurable hour or two picking strawberries, eating strawberries, and getting stung by nettles (that bit was slightly less pleasurable) I had kind of forgotten about the joys of Pick Your Own. We haven’t been for years. … Continue reading
I blogged ages ago, about Screen Free Sundays, and how wonderful it was, and very smugly suggested that it would be great if we all switched off one day a week. I managed one. The one that I blogged about. BUT…. We are going away for a week soon, and although I will schedule blog posts, … Continue reading
When I went to the Observer Ethical Awards, I got given a big Goody Bag. And as Goody Bags go (not that I have extensive experience of them, my last one probably being from a birthday party 30 years ago…) this one was pretty good. I did struggle for about 30 seconds with the Make Do … Continue reading
This is another post that got lost in the big Drafts file. You can tell by all the references to Easter… But I am on a mission to get ahead with the blog so I can have a screen-free week away with the family (more on this to come!) so I’m not going to look … Continue reading
I blogged yesterday about how I think that the blog and in fact I, have gone off track a bit lately, and how I want to get back to Making Do and Mending. So I have come up with a list of things I still want to have a go at before the year is up: … Continue reading
I feel a bit like the blog and possibly even My Make Do and Mend Year has gone a little off track lately. I have been invited to do lots of things and go to lots of things, which inevitably I have then blogged about, but they probably don’t really make for very interesting reading. And … Continue reading
This week saw another trip up to London! For someone who doesn’t get out much and feels a bit like a country bumpkin in the Big Smoke, I have been there three times so far for My Make Do and Mend Year. Thanks to all the lovely people who voted, My Make Do and Mend Year … Continue reading
I blogged recently about Happiness, and Instant Gratification, and how it applies (or doesn’t) to My Make Do and Mend Year. And it got me thinking (again). Instant Gratification is all about cause and effect really. You do something, like eat maltesers (other chocolate products are available), or drink a glass of wine, or buy … Continue reading
This one somehow slipped through the net-I wrote it ages ago and then promptly forgot about it and it has been sat in my Drafts file for months now…! But in the spirit of Waste Not, Want Not, I am not going to ‘waste’ a blog post, so here goes… The last post for now … Continue reading
Ever wanted to learn a new skill but there are no classes locally? Well, now all your problems may well be over (in relation to learning new skills, can’t promise this will fix other life issues…) thanks to a range of new online course from The Amazings that they have asked me to review! Have you … Continue reading
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A money-saving, growing-our-own, making-do-and-mending husband-and-wife blog
Some of the cool and useful food, craft and sustainability skills that your grandparents knew, but probably didn't teach you!
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Every month (except December) we bring people together* to give the objects we share our world with a second lease of life and to chat and have a cuppa whilst we're at it (*currently online)
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My Make Do and Mend Year 