I have received quite a few emails lately asking about what I call the hierarchy of food. The questions ask how important is it to eat orga...

I spent a lovely weekend here with Hanno. Not much happened, there were a few phone calls and little else. Hanno worked on the garden, cle...

Putting nutritious food on the kitchen table is one of the tasks a homemaker must repeat every day. I cringe when I think of the many times...

It seems to be agreed now, we are headed for a few shaky years ahead. Some are saying it will be the same or worse than the Great Depressio...

The Basic Bread loaf made yesterday I was asked by Charis to post about a simple bread recipe and I’m happy to do that because I know ...

I didn't watch the news last night but Hanno told me there are over 160 lives lost in the fires now. Of course, there are many animals ...

I have been using my large chest freezer as a cool room for storing my grains and dry goods. In this humid climate, especially in summer, i...

Things are grim down south. They're in the middle of a heatwave and the area right along the bottom of the Australia continent, that pa...

A reader asked recently if I'd write a post about what we eat during the week. I'm happy to do that but I think you'll see by o...

This is my recipe for scones. I have to warn you, I never measure anything so if these aren't quite to your liking, tweak the measureme...

The jam jars have cooled, I checked that all the poptop lids popped down, one didn't, and now nine jars of jam are in the stockpile cupb...

I don't do nearly as much preserving (canning) as I used to. Since we made the decision to keep our garden going year round, there ...

I have to admit to being out of my routine with Christmas holidays and working on my book every day. I returned to work this week, and was ...

It was a strange Christmas in Australia. The expected shopping downturn didn't happen and people kept spending just like they always do...