I love being able to balance out the time I have at home with my voluntary work at the neighbourhood centre. Today is the first of my three ...

Our little silver Hamburg chook, Stella Gladys, is dead. Hanno found her in a nest yesterday morning, she was wet over the top half of her b...

Sometimes I feel like I have all the time in the world to do whatever it is I have to do, often I slow down too much and have to make up for...

After much thought and help from family and my friends here, I proudly announce the names of our new chooks. We have golden Campine - Beatr...

Thank you all for your care and concern after my post yesterday. The nurturing power of family and friends really helped me get over the pre...

After quite a few weeks of busyness and flapping around here and there, I’m finally back to some kind of normal. It’s good to be at home, kn...

Everyone develops their own way of gardening and raising vegetables in their own microclimate. Things I need to protect, you might casually ...

Two sides of the same wall. This is inside. This is outside, just on the left, past that red and white check curtain. I sometimes think I...

No wonder I love Wyandotte chickens. Read this! It could be a description of me (LOL) but it is a description of Wyandotte chickens from the...

I've been slowly sorting through the vegetable seeds I have here - those saved from my own garden and those bought from places like Gree...

I had to hang the laundry undercover yesterday as it was raining. There are a few things I do in my daily life that I think are unchanged si...

I had a lovely day yesterday working away quietly in my home. Hanno was up on the roof cleaning 10 years worth of dirt off with Jens' pr...