Weekend reading

A real toasted sandwich - homemade grain bread with home-grown tomato, homemade cheese and chilli jam and a gifted avocado.

It's May already! No matter what you're doing this weekend, I hope you enjoy yourself and have the chance to relax. No one is going to walk up to you and whisper: "make yourself a cup of tea and sit down for a while", so I'll remind you to do it, a few times, over the weekend.

No matter where you are in the world, I hope you'll vote for me in the People's Choice best blog awards. Thank you. :- ) The voting ends Monday at 5pm.

Thanks for your visits here during the week. As ever, I enjoy reading your comments and knowing that so many of you are walking this path along with us.

34 grandmothers and what they cook

How to live in a sustainable home
1 million women
The 2014 list of the USA's fruit and vegetables with the most and the least amount of pesticides

40 household cleaning tips

Energy saving tips for old homes

Kids' lunchbox recipes and ideas

My friend Ben Hewitt has written a great post about an old ice box and how they use it as a refrigerator for six months of the year. This is good old common sense and certainly worth your time to read it - One of these days.
The perfect cup of tea, with no tea bags

River Cottage You Tube Channel you can subscribe
How to make a four dollar wool nappy cover from an old blanket
Got homegrown milk?