This is the soap made last week using calendula-infused oil. I love making soap. It's another piece of the self-reliance puzzle a...

I'm guessing that most of us try to live well without spending too much money. Some of us are forced via our circumstances to do it, so...

I love to have a homemade treat to serve when people come to visit and stay for a cup of tea and I usually make a cake or biscuits during t...

It's Wednesday morning, 10.03, the aroma of homemade biscuits is wafting through our house. Is there any better fragrance? I have a few...

Hanno and I had a lovely day out last Thursday, visiting friends just north of here. Our good friends Beverly and Michael have just moved i...

Madge asked if I'd show a photo of the baby quilt that Tricia's currently making by hand for her first grandchild. She worked on it...

Even though I haven't written about our stockpile for a long time, it is still sustaining us. During our busy period with the book and ...

We're making the most of the end of winter here. Our first day of spring is 1 September, already the days are warming up but the nights...

It's not just in the kitchen that we can all cook from scratch - we can do it outside too by making our own organic liquid fertilisers....

Thanks to everyone who sent an order or an inquiry about buying my book. I've answered some of you and will answer you all when Hanno g...