The Eco Bloke

Category: Environment

Date: December 30, 2009

Website address: http://www.ecobloke.co.uk/

Description: The Eco Bloke offers ramblings and observations on going green and living an eco lifestyle. Find and share tips on saving energy and reducing carbon emissions.

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Sourdough Starter Day 4, 5 and FAILURE!

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:33:20 +0000

Check out Day 1, 2 and 3 Well, I haven’t posted for a few days as I have been hanging my head in shame after failing at my sourdough starter and bread. Not sure what went wrong, but if I set out what I did below then maybe one of my kind readers will be about [...] Related posts:Sourdough Starte...

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Sourdough Starter Day 3

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:11:44 +0000

Check out Day 2 Just a quick post today to update you with the progress of my sourdough starter, which has started to get a bit of a nasty odour. If this is your first visit here you may find it helpful to read my post Sourdough Starter Day 1. Here is what my sourdough starter looked [...] Related...

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Sourdough Starter Day 2

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:50:25 +0000

Check out Day 1 Well, I couldn’t wait 24 hours as patience is not a virtue of mine. And plus my sourdough starter looks like it was ready for its first feed. As you can see there has been a light brown liquid appear on top of the mixture. I did some research on this and it [...] Related posts:S...

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Sourdough Starter Day 1

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:51:43 +0000

I was reading the latest copy of The Green Parent this afternoon and was inspired by their article this month on making a sourdough starter to use instead of shop brought yeast for making bread. I was determined that this was not to be one of those things that I would love to do, but never [...] R...

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Lifts: Are You Going up in The World in an Eco Way?

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:18:16 +0000

Lifts (elevators for our friends across the pond) use an enormous amount of energy to help you do a job that your legs and stairs were designed for. Next time you are in a situation where you may use a lift, why not take the stairs – just once? Who knows you might like it. But it [...] Related p...

http://www.ecobloke.co.uk/2010/01/lifts-are-you-going-up-in-the-world-in-an-eco-way/