A woman asked me the other day for a couple of tips to keep her husband and teenage son happy at the dinner table. She's been trying to...

We just got another electricity bill and so I would like to talk about solar panels again. When we moved here 15 years ago, we had a solar ...

It was a public holiday for Show Day here last Friday, so all day Friday I thought it was Saturday and on Saturday I thought it was Sunday....

I've had a very busy weekend writing various things, re-working the blog and looking after Hanno. He injured his back last week and is ...

What a wonderful collection of comments we had yesterday. If you haven't read them yet, make yourself a cuppa, sit down for an hour and...

I think it's a good idea to review and rethink what we do every so often. Without noticing, we slip back into old ways and bad habits. ...

Yesterday I challenged you to join us on reducing the amount of meat you eat. I was really heartened by the number of enthusiastic comments...

There are a few reasons why it's a good idea to reduce the amount of meat we eat - it's a more environmentally friendly choice, it&...

Now that the hot weather is over for another year, I'll have to bring my maturing yoghurt inside again. I've had great success over...

My name is Fiona and I lay blue eggs. Our  Araucana , Fiona, starting laying her delicate pale blue eggs two days ago. She's been...

I had to go to Caloundra last week and while I was there I went into Woolworths to buy yeast. Seems simple enough, doesn't it? But I ha...

I sometimes get emails from people who have started making their own bread at home but they feel ashamed of using a bread machine. A few pe...

We had a wonderful mixture of resting, planning and working over the weekend. We're getting ready for our new season vegetable garden a...