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Soapy Ducks - The French Alternative Children of all ages love homemade rubber duckies. Simply use them instead of soap -they are wonderfully fragrant and they make great playmates in the bath! The recipe below...

Solid Perfume - The French Alternative Most perfumes are made from alcohol, and they evaporate quickly. Jackie French's recipe for solid perfume is a combination of essential oils and beeswax, and so the fragrance lingers...

Spanish Mission StyleRecently we received a very interesting letter from Selena and John Roberts, who are in the process of building a magnificent Spanish Mission Style house on the Gold Coast in Queensland. This is...

Spanish Mission Style CourtyardOne of the most difficult things about garden design is knowing where to start, unless of course the property has an identifiable feature or style which can be used as a basis for the landscaping. Don...

Don visited a garden consisting of three courtyards adjacent to different parts of a Spanish Mission-style house. Landscape designer Paul Bangay has used colour, fragrance, fruit, and the sound of running water to capture the...

Don demonstrated a new invention designed to keep spiders and other creepy crawlies at arm's length! The Spider Catcher has a gun-like trigger and a long handle with a brush...

Stain Removers and Smelly Fridges - The French Alternative In our segment Jackie French demonstrated how to make a stain remover for clothing, which works like magic on all kinds of stubborn stains including tomato sauce, soy sauce,...

Starting a Tool Kit Scott Cam, the builder from Backyard Blitz, put together a basic tool kit for the home handyman. When buying tools, always go for the best quality you can afford. Once you have assembled your...

Stevia: The French AlternativeStevia is a plant that is supposed to be 2000 times as sweet as sugar but it can't be used as a substitute for sugar. So what can...

Straw Bale HouseDon visited Jo and Kerry Armstrong in Beenleigh, Queensland, and chatted to them about the straw bale cottages they built as an extension of their permaculture philosophy. They say straw is often...