When I was growing up, my mother, like most other women, did her grocery shopping at what was often called the corner shop. This was a litt...

As you know, we like giving our chickens apple cider vinegar in their water. It boosts their immunity and has a mild antibiotic effect and ...

Rain falling on the roof is always a welcome sound here and when you're inside, busy with everyday tasks, it gives a cozy feeling t...

Hanno digging the garden over yesterday. We're back in our garden again so we can grow fresh food. For the past couple of weeks, ...

I miss our garden when it's not growing. At the end of our main season in November, I really feel like a break because I'm over wat...

Yesterday I wrote about the inside work done in permaculture zones. Today we're focusing on the principles of permaculture and how they...

Permaculture is a design system started in Australia, originally for permanent agriculture and homesteads, but now the principles have spre...

We are the very happy owners of six new chickens. Kate from Beautiful Chickens brought them to us yesterday afternoon. We had the new wing ...