Back to Basics Day #2

Back to Basics Day #2

Doing: Planting out mignonette lettuce seedlings. Due to restricted garden space these went into various pots near the back door for ease of picking.

Potting on Butternut pumpkin seedlings while I find room in the garden for them.

Picking strawberries.


Making: Bread Machine Bagels (wholemeal).

Dinner: Pan-fried marinated kangaroo fillets with hokkien noodle salad (noodles, cherry tomatoes, spring onions and salad greens with an olive oil/ balsamic vinegar dressing).

Challenge/s: I've been spot-cleaning my carpets and deodorising with bi-carb soda for a while but they have now gotten to the stage where they are in desperate need of a deep clean. I did the job myself some years ago at another house and the machine I hired did a pretty poor job so I've had them professionally done ever since, but I can't find a locally-based cleaner that doesn't use petro-chemical based products (although there seems to be heaps of "eco" cleaners in Sydney).

Solution/s: Suggestions?

Transgressions: We drove to school instead of walking (my excuse being that I had to get home quickly from an early [7am] excursion drop off as DH was minding the other two kids). Still, I could have just been more organised!

Reading: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things by McDonough and Braungart.

Utilities: Gas 29.7 MJ/day average this week; Water 360L/day average this week; Electricity 18.9 kWh/day average this week (11.9 kWh last 24 hours).

Contemplating: 30-Minute Microwave Mozzarella.