As we get ready to renovate our new home, my husband and I are spending more and more time trawling around reclamation yards looking for materials for our green masterpiece, and getting really excited about reclaimed and recycled products available for both the building work, and the work of decorating and furnishing our house.

This reclaimed wine rack caught my eye, I think it’s pretty groovy, quite unusual in the way it holds the bottles, and just the perfect place to store our organic wine collection.   It’s double sided, taking 30 bottles, and made from recycled reclaimed wood.  It stores the bottles at a slight upturn to ensure corks are kept wet for good keeping.  It’s 70cm high x 40cm x 15cm deep when closed.

I’m loving these organic duvet covers and associated bedding from Marks and Sparks for the summer.  Clean, cool, crisp and in gorgeous calming colours.  Perfect for the hot nights, and the cooler ones too.  Organic cotton is the healthy choice for you, cotton farmer and the environment.

For the kids, these organic single duvet sets are so cute with applique elephant detail.

There are plenty of reasons for us to eat organic food.  It’s better for our health, it often tastes better, it’s better for the environment, it preserves the fertility of the soil, it improves water quality, and the list goes on and on.  If you’ve been convinced by the organic argument and are eating organic yourself, whenever possible, then shouldn’t you be giving this same health and wellbeing benefit to your dog?  Dog’s are very susceptible to toxins in their food, so give your best friend the very best by choosing organic food for him or her.

We’ve all heard about food miles, right?  The miles that your food has to travel to get to your dinner plate.  The fewer miles your food has travelled, the better it is for the environment and the lower your carbon footprint.  So it follows that growing your own vegetables, in your own garden, is the eco-friendliest way to eat.  But it doesn’t stop at growing your own food, because you can be even greener by growing organically.  Not using pesticides and fertilisers that will harm the earth, get into the water table or poison the earth’s creatures will boost your green lifestyle credentials in a big way.

Here are some alternatives to the harmful chemical fertilisers that are so widely used, these are fabulous products that you can trust to deliver the goods without harming your environment.

It’s camping season and camping green is the way to go.  If you’re in the market for a camp bed for this year’s camping trip, or if you’re having visitors and need somewhere for them to sleep, how about going the organic route and supporting the move to a better world.  Cotton farmers benefit greatly from going organic, but they can only do so if we as consumers are prepared to buy organic.  It’s better for us too.

This compact and comfortable organic cotton roll-up bed is great for camping, picnics or just when you have visitors.  The outer is hand made from high-quality hand woven organically grown cotton and dyed with only natural colourfast dyes.  The size is approximately 183cm long x 63cm wide x 5 cm thick. £70.00

Parents with babies are going to love this product.  It’s a tricky business getting a wet baby out of the bath and onto the towel without getting yourself soaking wet in the process.  I also found that it was that few seconds between the bath, your arms and the towel when my babies would start to protest at being taken out of the bath water into the cool air.

This clever, organic cotton cuddle dry apron will keep you dry while you’re bathing your little one, and then you just need to lift them out of the bath and cuddle them to you with the organic towelling apron.  Fewer protestations, dry parent, everyone’s happy.

Perfect for swimming too.  £24.95 from John Lewis.  100% organic bleached cotton.

If you’ve been putting off going green because it’s too expensive, now’s your chance to save BIG and get onto that greener path.  Pricegrabber is offering FREE DELIVERY on everything.

Cut your carbon footprint with a bicycle.

Charge your electronic devices with a solar charger.

Switch to energy saving bulbs.

Buy organic whenever possible.

Buy recycled to close the recycling loop.

This is the Easter egg of my dreams *sigh* (I hope my husband is reading this).  It’s like Mr Booja Booja says: “Everybody needs a little Booja Booja - now and then”, and Easter is definitely “now and then”.  Once you’ve undone the pretty pink ribbon, and taken the top off the velvet- lined egg, you’ll find 12 organic award-winning Booja Booja champagne truffles just for you (insert squeal of delight at this point), and whoever else you decide to share them with.  I don’t think I need to say anything else to convince you that this is the egg for you, apart from, yes, it’s suitable for vegetarians and vegans, AND it costs a measly £8, so if perfectly affordable.

Keeping lips kissable all year round is easy with these fabulous organic lip moisturisers.  Make sure you choose organic and natural over petrochemical for your health and the planet’s.

Green People Cool Lips Organic Formula Mint Lip Balm is free from artificial perfumes, parabens, petrochemicals, colourants, lanolin & phthalates.  It’s made with natural organic ingredients including aloe vera, cupuaca, myrrh, mint, coconut oil & conditioning berry wax.  This lip balm gives lips a light gloss & a subtle mint taste, and also has mild natural antiseptic qualities to keep your lips at their best.

MiEssence Certified Organics Jaffa Lip Balm is made with cocoa butter, avocado and sunflower oils to soften and repair chapped, rough lips with the delicious scent of organic orange and vanilla. You won’t find petrochemicals here.

Naturaleve Organic Lip Repair Balm with Juniper Berry is made of a luxury blend of 100% natural organic oils including pomegranate seed oil to help stimulate collagen production & protect lips, and rich nourishing shea, olive & jojoba oils.  It contains no parabens, petrochemicals, SLS, artificial preservatives, colours or fragrances.

Balm Balm Organic Rose Geranium Lip Balm comes in a funky little tub and contains a wonderful natural and organic balm suitable for all skin types.  It’s made of organic sunflower oil, organic shea butter, organic beeswax, organic aloe vera, organic calendula oil, organic rose geranium essential oil and nothing else.

Have you ever dreamed of being a farmer, meanwhile you’re stuck in your 9 to 5 office job?  Or is yours the ultimate sustainable permaculture dream?  Perhaps you’re the ultimate back garden farmer already?  Or allotmenteer?  While you’re still dreaming about your piece of countryside, you can wear the farm with this 100% organic T-shirt from Mountain T-shirts  that’s coloured by hand in the US using eco-friendly colours.