Eco Footprint ~ South Africa

A chronicle of our family's transition to an off-grid, more self-sufficient and eco-friendlier lifestyle, sharing, wherever possible, helpful links and ideas, in order to ease anyone else's journey along this path

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Friday, 28 March 2014

Let there be music

Apologies for my absence this week - I've had laptop issues. When I turned on the laptop I got the message: " The User Profile Se...

Monday, 24 March 2014

A drop of water...

Last Saturday was international water day. Without water we have no life. Everyone knows that. I received the following e-mail fr...

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Gutless skiniving pests

I woke at 5.15a.m. the other morning. Taking a solitary walk in the quiet calm and early morning coolness of an autumn morning th...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Minky in all his glory

We have shortened Foothills Michael's name to Minky - it so aptly describes the colour of his fleece. He has the cutest little white sp...

Monday, 17 March 2014

Cape Town Eco Film Festival

Hmmm, wish I was in Cape Town at the moment - I received an e-mail from Sustainable's PR company, and I wouldn't mind attending t...

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Tomato preserves

It would appear that the tomato blossom end rot only affected a couple of my tomato plants. So I was been busy harvesting tomatoes fra...

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Plant identification required

Please - Diana or anyone out there - can you tell me what this plant is called? This is a photo of what the plant looks like - minus a...

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Eco-friendly pest control

I have long waxed irritatingly with regard to the field mouse problem here at Foothills Farm. I realise that we are invading territory whic...

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