I'm still living in the outernet, still loving it and still glad to be alive. I wrote about the outernet here if you have the time to r...

This is the first post in a short series on cooking for one. If you're in a larger family, search in my right side bar, under my photo, ...

Hanno had an operation yesterday to clear up some bleeding in his eye. I'm happy to tell you that he's woken up this morning with no...

I still have one spot in the blogging workshop and a few spots in the writers' group. Full details are here:  https://down---to---earth...

Rye flour has always been expensive but now it's expensive and hard to find.  Most places have rye premix but I don't like using ...

Preserving small amounts of fruit and vegetables is a good way to minimise food waste, cut the cost of providing interesting food and a goo...

Most of the year we grow food in the backyard that will feed us on a daily basis. Whether it's vegetables, herbs, fruit, eggs, or honey...

There is no doubt you'll save money if you keep a clean and well organised stockpile and you don't waste the food you grow or buy. ...

The past week has been lovely here. On Tuesday we celebrated Hanno's 77th birthday with the family over for dinner. Sunny and Jamie are...

One of the easy ways to cut back a bit on your grocery bill is to make some of the things you usually buy.  We all know about laundry liqui...

Many of us are trying to cut back on plastic by looking for substitutes for plastic wrap to cover food that is stored in the fridge....

We have so many visitors here that sometimes it feels like we're camping in the middle of Central Station. I'm a solitary soul and ...