Trying to get Jack Frost to bite!

Three weeks and no Shampoo!!

There are some advantages to a black frost if you can get him to bite! We've been warned not to water too late in the day, to avoid ground freeze, not to mention burning the plant material and finding the signature black leaf death disappointment. The advantage of frost bite in the garden is in the compost heap and mulch.

We're experimenting on a bed we want prepared for spring that we've covered with Teff mixed with horse manure from a local stable. The problem is that it is fresh and we need it broken down a bit before we plant - could frost be the answer. We'll let you know.

We've watered it at all the wrong times and against the current we're wishing for a black frost - if only a local one on our little patch so as not to upset your garden of course. We'll let you know if it's worked!!

As narcisitic as it feels like it is to pay so much attention to my hair - understand the value of a good hair day to any woman with long curley hair (however secret that desire might be kept) - this is an important example of falling for good marketting that leads you from the old school methods to fall back on.

I can't fault a successful campaign - any one of us would consider putting our products forward as 'a need' if we convinced ourselves it were true, and telling us there is an alternative would be a joke. So cool, pantene makes my hair curl and shine really nicely, but this bicarbinate of soda rince and apple cider vinegar does too - for a fraction of the price, with little to no impact on the environment (my garden specifically) and I have frequent good hair days!

In fact - I think a persons hair is the tell tale sourse for a measure of their physical state of health, so if you are using a product that fools you into believing you are healthy and well ("you can see it in their hair"), then who is really the fool - for R39 bucks a bottle?? Could you go 'poo free??