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DIY Fly trap from a plastic bottle
By intouchoz
Sick of nasty blow flys and house flys. Here is a method to make an efficient fly trap from one of your used plastic water bottles (How cheap is that?). This is great for domestic flys, blow flys and fruit flys. 1.5 to 2 litre (3-4 pint) plastic bottles are ideal. It can vary up or down in size. Just some scissors and electrical tape will do the job along with a small piece of chopped meat or even doggy poo and water. My wife showed me how to mak » READ MORE
DIY Home Remedies and Beauty Treatments
By intouchoz
For natural home remedies and beauty treatments, the kitchen and garden is a great place to start. Home remedies, created at home for the smallest of problems from ingredients such as organic - fruits, vegetables, herbs and oils are gaining attention due to its very nature - no negligible cost, purity, without side effects, dollops of TLC, simple and no side effects.
Tips for preserving for the homecrafter, that do not cost the earth. Plus » READ MORE
DIY Homemade Mothers Day Gifts from A - Z
By intouchoz
With Mother's Day on the Horizon, here are an alphabet of gift ideas that include not only things to make and selections of home grown produce but also offers of your love, labour and energy to perform chores for Mum and Grandma - a gift of precious time that will always be welcome. With just a little help, even the smallest child will be enthralled making some of these special gifts all year round or for unique Mother's Day gifts. For the f » READ MORE
DIY Butter Churner
By intouchoz
This DIY Churn (butter maker) is from a wonderful trekking Himalayan experience, where the lower hills people (Newar) used it to make tasty creamy organic butter. For more details and diagrams on how to create a DIY Butter Churn, go to... http://ecobites.com/diy-recycling-projects/diy-butter-churn.html
DIY Recycled Easter Gifts
By intouchozEaster doesn't have to be commercialized. The nicest gifts are always those that have been handmade, fashioned by the hands of the giver and full of warm vibrations.
Making your own need not be expensive on the pocket or the environment or difficult, it just requires imagination and a little skill. The varied ideas we have included here should start you on an absorbing and productive path. For more details, go to Easter doesn't have to be comm » READ MORE
DIY living easter present
By intouchozA great DIY easter present to create.
Instead of using plastic imitation grass in an Easter basket, why not give your child a natural Easter basket, filled with sprouted wheat grass. Start at least one week in advance and you will have a lush, living blanket of grass in time for Easter Sunday. For more details, go to http://ecobites.com/eco-kids-magazine/2.html
Don't discard your old Socks...Reuse them!
By intouchozWith our house clean up we discovered a large bag of old socks, which had been put aside a year or so back, for mending. I'm neither good at, nor interested in darning but felt philosophically, that we shouldn't wantonly waste our resources, so facing a dilemma of what to do with them, I came up with a great idea... For full details http://ecobites.com/diy-recycling-projects/using-up-old-socks.html
Living in an Organic House
By intouchozSounds ridiculous, but it is true. Bamboo houses are organic and they are over 50 times stronger than traditional timber houses. In fact, Bamboo houses are lighter than steel or concrete block construction.
Bamboo houses can be rated highly as a green product as they are a sustainable product harvested in tropical areas of Asia and South America. These homes can be purchased as kit homes in Hawaii and California.
For more details, go to http://e » READ MORE
Craft Activities from POOPER Rolls, etc
By intouchozGreat Craft recycling ideas from POOPER Rolls (Sounds gross, but it is fun), recycled greeting cards, vegetable top, etc. Recycle...aimed at encouraging the practice of eco-friendly activities. For full details on these simple to do activities, go to http://ecobites.com/ecokids-1/diy-recycled-eco-kids-activities.html
DIY Eco Bags
By intouchozA simple to make Eco Bag (DIY) can be made from hessian/jute or heavy cotton or an old flour bag or recycle your grandmothers old quilt or your designer jeans. The bags can be used to carry books, vegies, craft work, (baby kangaroo's!), or just about anything you can think of.
Shopping bags create an insa » READ MORE
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