Renting comes with restrictions. How do you make your rented home yours without drilling holes or otherwise permanently altering someone else’s property. Especially when you know that eventually, you’ll have…
I always thought I’d have to live with bad recycling habits forever. Like endlessly contaminating the recycling bin because you can’t be arsed to rinse foil, or fly-tipping because you…
TL;DR **Recommended First Steps** **Basics: ** Buy a basic compost bin (£20-50) or just start piling stuff in a corner. Learn about green/brown materials and try for a 1:3 carbon:nitrogen…
TL;DR: Beginner Advice 1. Learn to source properly first – Always look in charity shops and on Facebook Marketplace before buying upcycling materials online. Focus on furniture under £50 that…
Sometime last year I finally sat down and started looking properly at how and where our house was losing heat. My first couple of attempts were half-hearted at best and…
It’s true that a hosepipe and summer rain have the potential to start an argument between neighbours. Both will leave you soaked if you’re within range of either and both…
There are many choices when it comes to home insulation. Walk down the isle at your local builders merchant and you’ll find mineral wool, rigid foam boards, multifoil reflectives, and…
Another dry weekend in the garden, sprinkler droning away to keep your lawn alive, with half your brain wondering if that really is necessary and the other half calculating how…
Your house leaks heat. Through the walls, roof, windows, and all the cracks you didn’t realise were there until you started looking. With heating costs accounting for around 55 percent…
How To Use Rainwater for the Garden, Toilet and Washing Machine Standing at your downpipe during a decent summer downpour and seeing hundreds of litres of perfectly good water pouring…
Living in a flat without a garden and paying Bristol water rates means I’ve spent far too long trying to work out precisely how much money flows down my drains…
“Just insulate your home” is advice that’s easy to give but difficult to follow. When you’re looking at extortionate energy bills it can seem like all insulation does is make…
You see your water meter bill, stare at the figure and curse those torrential downpours last winter that washed thousands of litres of water down the drain. All whilst you…
Rainwater harvesting sounds simple. Harvest rainwater from your roof and redirect it into your toilet and washing machine until there’s none left. But once you start researching how to do…
Unless you’re incredibly lucky, water is your biggest consumable cost on an allotment after the rent. And if you are lucky enough to have mains water on site at all,…