I haven't been doing all my regular work while I'm book writing but I'm still cooking, nothing stops that, and still knitting wh...

Let me start this by saying there are many ways to sterilise food by water bath.  This is how I do it and having been doing it for many yea...

Last week, one of the ladies here ask me to show my preserving kit. Here it is in our brick garden shed. I also store excess jars and bott...

I received an email the other day from a lady who wanted to know why I don't do more canning/preserving posts. The plain and simple ...

I wandered out to Hanno's big shed yesterday afternoon looking for Alice's old trampoline bed.  I rarely go out there, it's Hann...

Thank you all for your kind messages of support.  We will all miss Bernadette very much. ``````````````````````````````````````````````...

You would have noticed some pineapple in a jar sitting next to the beetroot yesterday. That is the first stage of pineapple vinegar I'...

Years ago, when I sat alone on my front veranda, thinking about how I could change my life to become the person I wanted to be, the thing th...

We had a lovely day yesterday. Thank you for your warm wishes for us. This question is from slakermom: "what do you do with your extra...

I came across a very good series of You Tube videos on dehydrating foods recently. There are a few there and well worth taking some time f...

I am sure I have the most generous readers here. Thanks to all the experienced gardeners who have offered to mentor our inexperienced garde...

While there are many elements in a simple life, one of the important and helpful parts of ours, is that Hanno and I have both taught ourselv...

The concept of the world's biggest kitchen table was hatched in January when we discussed chickens; now we go on to preserving/canning i...

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...