Archive for August, 2008

Carnivores hate soap nuts

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Environment, Garden, Soap nuts | 2 Comments »

I have sundew, fly trap and pitcher plants. As carnivorous plants they have some quite specific requirements. They need to be constantly moist but with rain water as tap water ... Read more..

Best seller - The Soap Nut.

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Environment, Family, Garden, Home, Soap nuts | No Comments »

Ethics Trading’s best seller continues to be the wonderful Soap Nut. Essentially you can do ALL your cleaning using soap nuts. Yes, ALL.  It’s perfectly possible to clean your home, your ... Read more..

Pledging, even though I can’t win.

Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in A.R.K, Charity, Competitions | 7 Comments »

As a prize supplier I can't actually enter the Zero Waste competition, but that doesn't stop me pledging! I'm going to learn to knit..... Read more..

Pledge to reduce your rubbish and WIN!

Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Business News, Competitions, Environment, Fair Trade, Garden, Media, Soap nuts | No Comments »

Reduce your rubbish and win prizes! with MyZeroWaste.com.  It's simple - go over there and pledge to do something, there's a list and you'll need to feedback on how it ... Read more..

Soap nuts on BBC London - Radio.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Media, Soap nuts | 2 Comments »

Janey Lee Grace was on BBC London early this morning - before sane people are even awake! You can listen again on the BBC London site - she's on The Breakfast ... Read more..

Blight….

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Environment, Garden, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

My potatoes got blight this year which means I can't compost the tops of the plants, peelings or any other bits I cut off. Apparently you shouldn't really compost spud ... Read more..

Expansion

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Business News, Fair Trade | 1 Comment »

Ethics Trading is expanding! We've had a shop at Climate mall where all our top selling products are listed for a while now and custom is growing. I keep adding ... Read more..

Life starts with a Paper Potter

Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Environment, Family, Garden | 2 Comments »

Everything there - lettuce, peas, carrots, chard - all started life as a seed sown in a pot made with the Paper Potter. Read more..