Sunny, Kerry and Jamie flew back from Korea on Tuesday after Sun Ja's funeral. Thanks to everyone who send kind and loving messages to ...

I had a sore back yesterday so all I did was make bread and butter cucumbers, rye bread and some sweet potato soup for lunch. In the mornin...

I've spent a few Saturday mornings on Skype recently chatting away to people I know through this blog. It's been a lot of fun and m...

I intended to post yesterday, and wrote something to accompany a video I made of Gracie running around the house like a ratbag. When I trie...

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 ...

I meant to show you these delightful photos I took, then forgot all about it.  The ducks visited us last week, I was inside when Hanno yell...

The garden is overgrown with flowers and herbs and the soil is rock hard in places. Hanno has the sprinkler on to make digging easier. ...

After quite a few conversations and hours of thinking about the pros and cons, Hanno and I have decided to keep our vegetable garden going;...

My version of simple life has never been a big picture scenario, it's always been a series of small steps that change with the seasons....

I had a wonderful week away from the blog. Hanno and I were going to work on a project but he had a sore back and I had a sore knee so inst...

April - week 4 in The Simple Home Being able to grow some of your own food is a wonderful skill to have. Many gardeners dig in the s...

April, week 3 in The Simple Home By now you have probably had enough time to think about what you want to plant and where it will grow ...

April, week 2 in The Simple Home For all our new gardeners, there are two things I want you to decide on this week - what you're goin...

March, week 3 in The Simple Home There has been a sharp rise in the number of products labelled 'organic' and 'free range'...

While I've been writing The Simple Home series, you've probably noticed I'm not writing much about what is happening here on a...

One of the many ways to cut costs in your kitchen garden is to take herb cuttings. I do it at this time of year but you should do a bit of ...

The garden we have today looks different to those we had in the past.  We're in the process of preparing for older age while we continu...

Over the past few days our time has been spent in a steady, slow stream of work here in our home. Meals have been cooked, cleaning done, dr...

Hanno asked me to pass on his thanks for all the good wishes you sent.  Reading through your comments made him feel better.  He's stil...