March, week 3 in The Simple Home There has been a sharp rise in the number of products labelled 'organic' and 'free range...

Our days have been full all this week. We did our grocery shopping yesterday and drove to Beerwah for the first time since the storm. Oh my...

The garden we have today looks different to those we had in the past.  We're in the process of preparing for older age while we continu...

It was 42C on the verandah here yesterday but I believe it was much hotter out west. I'm very grateful we have an air-conditioned house...

This is a cautionary tale about being over confident about providing a safe place in the backyard where chickens and pets live. I've al...

Before I start today's post I want to thank so many of you for your kind and generous comments.  It really does make blogging a great j...

I am really happy with our newest chickens. We got them from Beautiful Chickens just outside Brisbane. Kate from Beautiful Chickens s...

It's exhilarating and exciting settling in new chickens and setting up a vegetable garden for another year. Of course the chickens requ...

Now that the 'experts' have told us that eggs are 'good' for us and not the cholesterol bomb they said they were, let's...