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The trip to meet our supplier and packing facility was, by any standards, a crazy adventure! It was a 10hour journey to get there which saw us dodge bulls, cows, donkeys, horses and play a death defying game of chicken with countless over-loaded trucks, vans, bikes, tuk tuks, rickshaws and cars. After a few undie changes, we arrived with white knuckles… but in one piece! We had no idea what to expect from our visit, as up until this point, we had only ever corresponded over email. We were however, in for real a treat -  so many things were...

In order to get 'That Red House' Organic Soapberries into your laundry… at lot has to happen. The collection of the soapberries is quite a primitive process, in fact it is 100% manual work and the berries pass through many sets of hands before they end up gracing your supermarket shelves.  It is a process which involves: Harvesting the berries from the trees which are extremely tall and often in hard to reach places, the trees have to be scaled and manually harvested. Packing them into hessian bags for transportation to the packing facility. De-seeding the berries – this process...

Are you a terry tight arse? SNAP! We are too! And usually, Maths isn't our forte... but when a sale, discount or price per use comes into play, we're all over it. Okay, that's a lie... the calculator comes out. We'd rather save coin on the things that don't give us pleasure and spend the savings on a holiday or something as equally pleasurable - some new shoes, a trip to the op shop or a dinner for two perhaps! And just when you thought there was already enough reasons to love soapberries, we have another one for you. They beat...

Big balls, small balls, brown balls, black balls, sticky balls, dry balls, broken balls…The soapberry power-ball, has many different looks and feels and a lot of contributing factors determine how these guys will appear in your bag when you get them home. You may notice varying textures, shapes, sizes and colours. Sometimes they can be hard, sticky, shiny, a dark blackish brown colour and be completely whole in shape. Others times they can look matte in finish, be closer to amber in colour, feel light and dry and come as half or broken shells. Soapberries contain a seed inside (they’re actually a fruit...

Intermittent sunshine and exposed extremities - it must be nearing planting season in Australia! Welcome October and all your springy gorgeousness! Here at TRH headquarters, we have been clearing out the garden beds, pulling weeds and trimming up the yard, to make way for the October planting. There is nothing like the sun on your back, fresh air in your lungs and kids running on the grass to make you feel earthed and alive! Well a G&T in the sun might come close – but it’s slightly less productive! In a double win it is also school holidays which means a good sesh in...