Deodorant Dilemma

A few years ago I read an article on the WEN (Womens Environmental Network) web site about how chemicals in deodorants were found in breast cancer tumours and could be a contributing factor. With breast cancer on the increase what can you do to prevent it? Well apart from the obvious like a healthy diet and lifestyle you could have lots of children and breast feed but thats not everyone's choice. I have 3 children and breast fed for around 4 years in total but is there anything a little easier than going through childbirth three times!? I have opted for the au natural deodorant when at home ie none or if I'm going out, as a special treat for those closest to me, I wear an organic, aluminium and alcohol free brand made from Hemp oil and aloe vera.

Green Eyed Frog also sell a range for men including the Thai Deodorant stone and the Homme Stay Fresh. So... there is no need to lose friends over your choice of au natural deodorant. You can stay cool, fresh and healthy at the same time.

Eco Red Top Fly Traps

It's nearly the end of the fly season and although fly traps are still selling its probably best to leave until April/May next year before putting them out again. They are really quite an amazing product. One customer I was talking to told me that she thinks they are fantastic and have solved all her fly problems on the small holding.

When we were on holiday on the Norfolk coast we didn't have any fly problems. Must just be the Suffolk country air that brings them all out or the pigs and chickens across the field maybe...

Recycled Racking

We have just bought some second hand metal shelving/racking for the stock room. One of our customers http://www.selffit.co.uk is moving offices and is getting rid of some great shelves. He even delivered them for us. Very nice man. This is ideal for us as we are recycling, reusing and of course paying less than if we bought new. We are also helping him out.

Everything is now ready for the lovely organic, fair trade Christmas stockings and tree decorations and all the new linen.

Thread Count

We get quite a few enquiries from customers asking detailed questions about products. One we had this week was about the thread count of one of our organic cotton bed sheets. The manufacturer was dragging their heels in answering so we had to count the threads ourselves, (vertical threads per inch plus horizontal threads per inch).

WIRE Meeting

Just got back from a WIRE meeting - Women in Rural Enterprise. All good stuff, met loads of people - women only - sorry guys. Organic dairy herd selling cheese, butter and milk, another Eco campaigner Roz Gordon http://www.rozgordonphotography.co.uk and I discovered another WAHM like me making fabric bags Marshmallow Bags. Lots of empathy re children, lack of childcare in rural areas, flexible working and Thomas Tank Engine videos on all day.

SGR FM Interview

Kate from SGR FM radio station came along today to do an interview on women in rural businesses. We chatted in the garden over a cup of coffee (organic, fair trade of course) about the wind-up mobile phone charger and organic deodorants. I was telling her that until I discovered the lafes and crystal deodorants I just went without - at least you get a good seat on the train that way! Its going to be on air tomorrow hopefully.