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January 2020

Sustainability
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As part of the Sustainable Living Certificate course I'm doing, I am currently learning about BEES, native bees in particular. ❤ Native bees are amazing pollinators, way way better than the European honey bees. And due to the loss of habitat, and being in competition with the European honey bees, the population of our native bees have plummeted significantly. Native bees thrive in the native environment, native plants with flowers are best for them. And the good news is, each of us can contribute to helping our native bees regain their habitat and this is how.🍁 Plant some native flowering plants such as grevellea, bottle brush, native rosemary, native finger lime bush, hardenbergia, or any other bee loving flowering plants. Make sure to plant a diverse range.🍁 Make some simple native bee hives by drilling some holes in different sizes and depth

Skincare
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I had a breakthrough last week with my formulation. 🤗 Let me know what to think? Would you be interested? ❤ I'm formulating a gentle, nourishing, organic and 100% natural Facial Cleanser and Face and Eye Make up Remover. And I am loving it sooo much! ❤ It glides onto the skin beautifully, binding to the makeup and impurities on your face, and eye areas and as you add water to wash it away, it activates the natural emulsifier and turns it into beautiful silky milky lotion. And after drying, you are left with soft and supple skin. 🌿 I can't wait to show you a video of how it works. ❤ And the really amazing thing is that, you can also use it as a 🎈Massage Oil 🎈and leave it on your skin for deep moisturizing. It glides beautifully, and the oils I

Health, Uncategorized
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Sorry for the unsightly picture. In case you don't already know, these are chicken feet. And I'm cooking them in my pot. And yes, these feet may not look appetizing but do you know that chicken feet broth is a superfood? Chicken feet is amazing for our health. When cooked slow and at low temperature in water, it gives us a nutrient dense collagen and gelatin rich broth. Collagen and gelatin are great for our skin, but not only that, also for our gut. It has amazing healing properties, and especially for people with distressed digestive system, e.g. an inflamed gut, chicken feet broth is one of the best thing you can have to help heal the inflamed gut lining.  So if you need a boost of collagen and gelatin, boil up some chicken feet, onion, leek, carrot or other veggies. To get

Lifestyle, Sustainability
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In the last 20 months, we have dedicated ourselves to creating a sanctuary for us and our little ones. We didn't know when we started that it would be such an amazing journey. ❤ We wanted to create beautiful memories for our children in our own garden. A place for us to rest, to play, to learn, to laugh and to cry. And, unsurprisingly, our best weekends and holidays were spent right here. Be it just laying the pebbles, sowing seeds, building garden beds, picking vegetables, planting a tree, digging out some worms and bugs, hunting for snails, cooking some dinners on our rocket stove, watching black cockatoos steal our pine nuts, building a cubby house or just watch the little ones run around and wind each other up.  I have never felt more at peace and grounded in my life as

Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability
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It is never too early to get the little ones' hands dirty. Do you know that it is essential that little ones get exposed to dirt? Dirt is full of living microbes, they help build our children's immunity.These days we have adopted an overly hygienic lifestyle. We wash our kids hands with antibacterial wash, we wipe their faces with antibacterial wipes, some even shower them with antibacterial body wash, we sanitise everything in the house and we stop letting our kids play in the dirt.Bad microbes are bad, they can cause our children to be sick. Yes that's true. But do you know that it is not possible go completely avoid bad microbes? The only way to combat this is to have enough good microbes count and a diverse range so that they can keep the bad ones in check. By killing

Health
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This is what we had for breakfast this morning. Fried egg (fried in butter), steak, goats cheese served with homemade tomato sauce, homemade sauerkraut and salad from the garden. We try to build in as much fermented food as possible in every meal we have. Fermented food includes food such as, yogurt, milk kefir, water kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented veggies, fermented condiments, cheese, tempeh, and many more.Fermented food is amazing for your health and this is why.👉 It helps with digestion. It Is packed full of live enzymes and when eaten with your meal, it helps break down food you are eating it with, making the nutrients from the food easier for the body to absorb.👉 It builds your immunity by building the good bacteria in your gut. Fermented food is packed full of beneficial bacteria both in counts and range of