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The fallacy of zero defects

August 3, 2009 by Eco-Friendly Gardening · Leave a Comment 

I recently had the zero defects phrase thrown at me, “we strive for zero defects in company X”, said the person (who appeared to have a serious crackberry habit). Hmm, I thought do you really know what you’ve just said to me? Is it possible to attain a zero defect level in a given process ? It certainly sounds a reasonable concept and it may even motivate some people to attempt to attain this goal in the early days, weeks and months of a TQM program. However, as always not everythi

Tip #235 - Freeze Sliced Bread to Save Waste

July 21, 2009 by Eco-Friendly Gardening · Leave a Comment 

If I had a pound for every time I’d used the phrase “Best thing since sliced bread”, I’d be a very rich man now. Similarly, If I had a pound for every slice of bread I had thrown in the bin because it had gone off, then I’d also be very rich. Thankfully, I have now got into a habit of freezing my sliced bread loaves So I go to the store and buy a fresh loaf of bread, take it home and freeze it almost straight away! Yeah I know it sounds mad, but I can therefore eat that loaf of bread over a w

The world’s smallest garden

June 12, 2009 by Eco-Friendly Gardening · Leave a Comment 

Some people do not have the luxury of having a garden or even a window box, so just for those folks who are feeling a little left out, this is the Green Capsule, the world’s smallest garden all contained in a self sufficient habit with three varieties of vegetable to grow inside. The Green Capsule features: Unbreakable polycarbonate garden capsule Four varieties of seeds: bell pepper, miniature tomato, cabbage, and sweet basil Miniature gardening kit for planting

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