But first, a bit about us. Just so you know, we are far from zero waste, but I would consider us a reasonably ‘low waste’ family. There are 5 of us; 3 adults and 2 kids. And a dog. Just a regular family, who eat regular food and shop at a regular supermarket. Anyone can sort rubbish like us if you learn to do it right. So this is what we do…

I started sewing when my daughter was a few months old. Hubby and I were wandering through a market looking at all the cute baby stuff and I thought, “I could do that!”, so I did.

Yes please!

Conveniently he has a tow truck and dropped them off to our house.

I already knew I wanted to update our existing strawberry patch as it was at ground level and prone to the dog walking all over it. These would be perfect for a new strawberry garden. Hubby had the idea of drilling some holes in the sides of the pipes to allow for some plants to hang out. Once drilled, we positioned the pipes in a sunny spot and began filling them with dirt, leaves and compost. We divided up some of our strawberry plants and poked them into the side holes. We topped up the pipes with more soil and gave them a water. We let the side plants have some time before we planted more strawberry plants in the tops of the pipes.

We probably shouldn’t really have bothered with the side plants as most of them didn’t do very well. The top plants have thrived and already have started shooting new growth and flowering.

But there’s more…

This knee hole was well beyond repair. Most of her knee cap was protruding out of it! Usually I would chop the legs off and turn them into shorts which she would wear under skirts or dresses. But this time she had other ideas.

“Can you use this bit and make it into a skirt?” Miss 7 asked.

I think I can!