I'm still living in the outernet, still loving it and still glad to be alive. I wrote about the outernet here if you have the time to r...

I don't remember if I told you about the American magazine Taproot's latest edition. The current edition features four simple living...

I haven't spent much time online reading this week so todays post is going to be quite short. Hanno and I have been busy creating a brom...

Here is our really tasty lime cordial alongside a jar of radish sprouts I just started. I bought a small bag of limes when I was shopping la...

We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday.  We both d...

It's been a crazy week with many visitors, reading, gardening, rest and a lot of busyness snaking through my days. The highlight of the...

It's been a very busy week here with no time for blogging. I'm sending out the notes for my writing and blogging workshops today an...

I still have one spot in the blogging workshop and a few spots in the writers' group. Full details are here:  https://down---to---earth...

I'm still dealing with the over-supply of chillies so a couple of days ago I pulled out the bush, stripped the chillies off and starte...

It's been hot and humid here this past week. Most days, Hanno and I both took advantage of the cooler temperatures before 8am and did a...

Preserving small amounts of fruit and vegetables is a good way to minimise food waste, cut the cost of providing interesting food and a goo...

There are many food products that are easy to preserve at home. They are usually tastier, healthier and cheaper than those you can buy, and...

I took advantage of the Aldi special on cucumbers this week and bought 10 continental cucumbers for 79 cents each. It's good to sto...

We have so many visitors here that sometimes it feels like we're camping in the middle of Central Station. I'm a solitary soul and ...

It was 42C on the verandah here yesterday but I believe it was much hotter out west. I'm very grateful we have an air-conditioned house...