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Garden
What about a wormery?
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) recently undertook a study which shows UK households throw away about a third of the food they buy. Roughly half of the 6.7 million tonnes of food thrown in the bin each year is edible and ...
Stories - Recycling
My worm diary
Make it and Mend it member Seamus from Vermont USA sent us this piece about his experience raising Red Wiggler worms in a wormery - he wants to dispel any fears that keeping a wormery inside the house causes smells. Here's his ...
Garden
Top tips for successful seeds!
It might still be cold and wet outside, but now's a good time to get your seedlings going for a fantastic summer display. We've compiled a great list of top tips to help the novice gardener getting started with planting your first ...
Events
The 5 things Mums do NOT need for a great Mothers Day
I've been a mum for nearly 19 years. I know some of you out there have been mums for longer and some of you may be just starting out, but I've seen my share of Mothers Day gifts and I know the greatest ones do not require a credit card. ...
Interiors
Everything you want to know about making cushions
The most searched for items on our site relate to making cushion covers, so we thought we'd pull it all together for you here in a simple summary so you can find the right page, whatever your cushion-making needs. Making designer ...
Food
Cooking pizza in the fireplace
Thanks to Sally for this great article - and can anybody help her with her broken oven? It seems there’s no end to all the culinary gadgetry available to us today. Do we really need all this stuff? Our ancestors got by without it. ...
Food - View more Food products
In praise of packed lunch
We Make it and Menders love packed lunches! Why do we love them? They're thrifty - a great way to use up leftovers and prepare lovely food at the fraction of the cost of shop bought sandwiches and drinks. They're creative - thinking ...
Stories
How to get the most from your New Year Resolutions
We are now into the third week of January, so hands up those who've already fallen off their New Year Resolution wagons? Don’t worry if you have - you're not alone. By now it's highly likely that your New Year Resolutions are a dim and ...
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