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petula-xx · 1 day

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Today's Op Shop Treasures

Today I got all this at the op shop for $35:

2x pairs of socks (new)

1x pair of shoes (unworn)

2x pairs of black trousers

1x t-shirt

I love op shops!

#op shops #clothing #slow fashion #charity #recycling #second hand #thrift #eco living #saving money #bargains #minimal waste

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petula-xx · 5 days

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I'm a renter so investing in garden infrastructure is a balance and a compromise.

Mine is a garden of poverty. Found objects, repurposed items, cheap tip finds, composting, creativity and elbow grease is what my various vegie gardens run on.

Everything you see here I got for free. Wood lengths and a wire trellis from a curbside rubbish pile and bricks that were onsite when I moved in. This is all packed together between the legs of a garden arch which I bought cheap several years ago.

Today I refreshed the soil with 50% home sourced ingredients. Pea seeds saved from last season will go in soon. This DIY box will be feeding me again shortly.

This is how I spent my Earth Day. I hope your Earth Day was equally rewarding.

#garden #gardeners on tumblr #gardening #vegetables #home grown #self sufficiency #minimal waste #zero waste #plants #organic food #Earth Day #soil #DIY #repurposing #renting

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petula-xx · 5 days

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This is an IGA supermarket in Montreal. A niche concept but I love the idea. A great discovery today for Earth Day.

What's this? The remarkable garden at Canada's first grocery store that sells organic produce grown on its roof. Don't you wish lots more grocery stores would do this, and not just in Canada?

#rooftop garden #sustainable #organic food #IGA Montreal #vegetables #Plants #gardeners on tumblr #eco living

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petula-xx · 5 days

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Earth Day

Today is Earth Day!

I'm spending my day out in the garden doing the best I can to be a good steward for my little patch of the planet.

How will you be caring for your little puzzle piece of Earth today?

#Earth Day #garden #gardeners on tumblr #gardening #planet #think global act local

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petula-xx · 7 days

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Re-using Tea Bags

I buy organic tea bags and they are always great for two cups. Use comments if you need to.

Thanks!

#tea bags #tumblr poll #food thrift #organic food #kitchen #cooking #minimal waste #zero waste

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petula-xx · 7 days

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A cast of left overs, AKA Vegie Fried Rice.

I've been time poor recently due to a busy work schedule. I'd fallen behind keeping up with my fridge and pantry stocks. A free week has allowed me to get on top of things again.

I already had every ingredient in this pan on hand. A lot of odds and ends including:

old, soft juicing carrots

old, softening onion and garlic

near 'best before' eggs

a left over cup of frozen peas

assorted Asian condiments

Lots of frozen meals ahead from this effort!

Basic kitchen skills can mean eating well, saving money and minimizing food waste.

#home cooking #food waste #minimal waste #zero waste #ingredients #cooking #use it up #thrift #Food thrift #fried rice #food prep #recipe #budget meals

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petula-xx · 9 days

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I planted far too many seed potatoes last season and have been struggling with a produce glut ever since. My freezer is well stocked with frozen mashed potato portions!

These little odd bods are the last of the great glut event. They are soft and were sprouting. They were a bugger to peel. But I hate food waste. So tonight they found their way into a potato and leek soup. Simple to make and delicious to eat.

For the first time in months I am now a household without potatoes.

Hooray!!!!!

#vegetables #garden #gardeners on tumblr #self sufficiency #home grown #grow it yourself #organic food #gardening #potatoes #potato and leek soup #cooking #food waste #minimal waste #zero waste

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petula-xx · 12 days

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This lettuce plant is really embracing the concept of 'cut and come again' harvesting!

#vegetables #garden #gardeners on tumblr #gardening #home grown #self sufficiency #plants #grow it yourself #lettuce #organic food

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petula-xx · 19 days

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Yes!

#gardening #gardeners on tumblr #plants #soil #earth #garden work

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petula-xx · 25 days

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A Booping Victory!

I didn't tumblr boop anyone on April 1st. But I did score a huge Booping victory on that day.

My mother's 13 year old cat was a rescued feral as a kitten and has been a one person cat since. She adores my mum. It's taken me years of patience, effort, kindness, treat giving and getting bitten and scratched along the way trying to build bridges with this puddy but on April 1st I finally claimed a victory.

The cat, Megs, touched her nose on mine. I got booped. By the cat. This difficult, stand offish cat finally showed me some trust and acceptance and I came home with my skin intact.

Hooray for booping day!

#cats #felines #pet cat #animals #April 1st #booping #animal trust #pets

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petula-xx · 29 days

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Off topic but good for a seasonal laugh!

Have a lovely Easter everyone. xx

#Easter #Easter basket #humour #children #kids

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petula-xx · 2 months

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#buy local #local food #Plants #grow your own #gardening #gardeners on tumblr #small producers #open pollinated crops

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petula-xx · 2 months

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Lettuce is such an ironic vegetable. It grows best in the cooler months. The months when no-one really wants to be eating lettuce.

#lettuce #vegetables #gardeners on tumblr #garden #gardening #home grown #self sufficiency #plants #grow it yourself

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petula-xx · 2 months

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It's getting to the Powdery Mildew stage for the late Summer vegetable crops.

#garden #gardeners on tumblr #vegetables #gardening #home grown #plants #grow it yourself #powdery mildew #squash plants

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petula-xx · 2 months

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Bird Fancier's Lung - Avian Livestock Owners Please Read This....

A family friend of ours has just been diagnosed with Bird Fancier's Lung (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis). It has been caused by his long term close contact with his budgerigars and chickens.

Years of inhaling components from their droppings and feathers has left him with 60% of his lung capacity. He needs to sell all of his bird livestock ASAP and avoid future contact with birds in order to save his life. As an experienced and life long bird breeder this is a very difficult situation.

I never knew about this disease until now. I'm posting this so that others out there who live similar close lives with avian livestock can educate themselves about this disease and manage their own risk factors.

#bird fancier's lung #birds #chickens #budgerigar #avian #respiratory disease #animals #hypersensitivity pneumonitis #fowls

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petula-xx · 3 months

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The REALITY of Maintaining a LARGE Food Garden

#garden #gardeners on tumblr #self sufficiency #food gardening #home grown #vegetables

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petula-xx · 3 months

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Some of my Yellow Cherokee Wax BUSH beans have decided to become POLE beans instead and start climbing up structures.

I didn't know that bush beans were capable of this kind of rebellion.

#gardeners on tumblr #vegetables #garden #gardening #home grown #self sufficiency #plants #grow it yourself #beans #bush beans #pole beans #Cherokee Wax beans

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