Congratulations to Monique on the birth of a beautiful daughter.  There is no news yet about Sunny and Kerry's baby but we expect him ve...

We were vegetarian for quite a few years, maybe seven or eight, and went back to meat after reading  Nourishing Traditions.   When I started...

I haven't been doing all my regular work while I'm book writing but I'm still cooking, nothing stops that, and still knitting wh...

Here in our neck of the woods, summer is a time for stone fruits and jam making.  Hanno found a good bargain at Aldi during the week - premi...

If you're making ginger beer with me, today you'll need to feed the beast, and you'll feed it every day for about a week, or for...

Every time I cook I try to produce something delicious, with no nasty additives, that gives me value for the money and time I put into it....

I continue to receive emails asking how to cut down on spending and if there is one good way to do it. Well, no, there isn't, it's...

This is a continuation of yesterday post on living within a "simple life" framework.  The areas we're focusing on today are: b...

I continue to have a sprinkling of emails every week asking for tips on how to start living a simpler life or how to continue once the first...

I planted an elder tree about six months ago and it's growing nicely.  Elders are not native to Australia and I don't know anyone wh...

I made a new batch of soap on the weekend.  It's the olive, rice bran, coconut oils mix I usually make but soap may be made with many di...

One of the great benefits of eating food you have cooked from scratch is that you know what you are eating.  The ideal is that you buy all t...