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For my entire life this time of year has signalled purple fingers and perma-scratched ankles because it is blackberry picking season (or bramble depending on where you and your family are from). A time you’ll find me with my back to the world and my head buried in a bush. Going back to school always…

On Tuesday I talked about foraging for blackberries and today I’m going to show you easy recipe of blackberry vodka.It is the start of the black berry season and we got a bit excited about the prospect of free food. We foraged around 2-3lb and ended up eating most of them in puddings and cakes…

More often than not when I find a cardigan or jumper in a charity shop it will have a cluster of bobbling or piling somewhere and it used to be off-putting until I discovered an easy way to remove bobbles from Fabric Sweater, completely by accident. How To Get Rid Of Pilling I use velcro…

Sometimes a shop-bought cleaning product is fantastic, I’m not going to do them all down. However sometimes the old fashioned cleaning methods – and eco-friendly cleaning – are just as good, if not better. Here is the most basic of starting points in the world of old fashioned cleaning. Prepare yourselves now, dun, dun duuuuuuun bicarbonate of…

Over time and with a battering from bodies, products and washing machines, towels can soon become a rough, sandpaper instrument of torture with the absorbency of well….something not very absorbent at all. You know if you go and look at the back of your washing powder or liquid it will have instructions including a recommended…

Whilst many of you may have swooned at the red vintage suitcase I picked up at a bootsale the other week, I just wish you guys had smell-o-vision. After a few days of cluttering up the hallway I noticed a cigarette smell clouding up our flat and upon further investigation discovered in buying the vintage…

The outdoor extension of any building is called the deck. It can be the perfect spot to spend time with your family and have a relaxed time. You can design your deck to accommodate your requirements. It is not as hard as one would think to create the perfect deck to spend your evenings. The…

You’ve your newborn in your arms, she is changed, cleaned and fed, but still crying. This is possibly one on the times when you experience frustrated and unable to understand what is going on. The child is crying and suffering and you cannot do one thing to make her feel much better. Colic is defined…

New tiling can give your floors a new look and make it brand new. If you are planning to give your floors a makeover, then you should probably take notes of all the tips discussed in this article.  If you are doing the tiling process yourselves, you can save some amount of money in the…

Milk is one of those staples which can go from fresh and fine to out of date and pig-swill-scented super quick. Sometimes you can’t get round to drinking the milk before it will go off, for whatever reason, but worry ye not – you don’t have to throw it out – you can freeze it…