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Category Archives: Housekeeping

Squeaking of which: Best humane rat trap ever

27/08/2021by thelongview 8 Comments

PETA, take note! We’ve always had these cute, tiny mice sneaking into the house now and then, but have managed to get them out without a mousetrap. We did get […]

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Housekeeping, Rat trap, Village life

The plunging of joy vs the joy of plunging

16/02/2019by thelongview 12 Comments

Our honge tree is laughing! Having got that off my chest: I’ve talked, ad nauseum, about the joy of the outdoor life. But for the last two months, various things […]

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Farming, Housekeeping, Poem

Effective micro-organisms and garbage enzymes

06/08/2018by thelongview 7 Comments

A few months ago, I attended a talk on Zero Waste by Vasuki Iyengar, one of the founders of Soil and Health, a composting solutions company. I already have a […]

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Housekeeping, Insect repellent, Natural farming, Organic living, Plastic-free

No cook, no clean

23/04/2018by thelongview 1 Comment

April rebellion No cook, no clean No scrub, no dust No chop, no feed No wash, no sweep No mop, no fry No provisioning No enter house, no what, no […]

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Farming, Housekeeping, Poem, Trees

Flower pot dustbin

18/09/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

Recently, my twenty-year old plastic dustbin finally split it two and there was no way to salvage it any more. This is my kitchen waste dustbin I’m talking about, which […]

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Housekeeping, Organic living, Plastic-free

Miracle flour

18/09/2017by thelongview 1 Comment

What can’t you do with kadalai maav? Let me think. Maybe you can’t blow up the house; although it’s so gassy, you can probably find a way. You can’t build […]

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Chickpea flour, Housekeeping, Organic living, Plastic-free

Best job in the world

11/08/2017by thelongview 1 Comment

Ha! I’m not going to start this post with a picture, because that would give the game away too quickly. Instead, I’m going to let you guess. Hint 1: It’s […]

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Environment, Guessing game, Housekeeping, Solar power

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