Generally one loofah harvest will keep you going all year. I harvested most of the loofahs this morning. I have about 18 of them, bot...

I have few regrets when I look back on my old life but one thing I do regret is all the food and money I wasted. I’m very careful now to mak...

I've always been a very keen reader. There was a time when I would read a book every couple of days but that was when I had time to loun...

I've been tidying up my photo albums this morning because it's too cold to go outside to the garden. I found this little card I made...

I'll be taking my library books back today - I have this Reader's Digest back to basics book as well as the seed saver's handboo...

We've revived an old ritual, H and I. That of the sit down, talk and enjoy morning tea. No matter what either of us are doing, at around...

I’ve been trying to remember the point of transition, when I went from learning how to live simply and taking on one project at a time, to ...

I love making bread and do it almost every day. We eat it fresh and warm at lunchtime and toasted for breakfast the following morning. Any l...

This photo of the Glasshouse Mountains is for Jenny, who expressed interest. It is to thank her for her wonderfully warm, red jumpers photo ...

These are the lettuces and rocket I'm growing at the moment. Lettuce is easy to grow at this time of year. You'll be eating the fre...

A couple of weeks ago we had to drive a 300km round trip to a friend's funeral. We didn't take food or drink with us, I'm not su...

Alice with her 'baby'. I have struggled to justify the keeping of pets in a simple life. I know it's not an issue for most ...

Why is starting so difficult? Taking that first step often stops us in our tracks, it seems too difficult, it starts us thinking about the &...

We lifted the skirt of the Eureka lemon tree yesterday by pruning off all the lower branches. The tree has been growing near the chook house...

It’s a sad fact that in the last century we’ve gone from being a nation of backyard food gardeners to a society with huge debt and houses th...

Although you do the same amount of rubbing and scrubbing, cleaning the bathroom without harsh chemicals doesn't seem like the major dram...

Prize pumpkins We had a wonderful time at the show. We spent the first two hours on our stall trying to encourage people to fill in a feedba...

It's show day! Actually it's today and tomorrow but today is the day H and I go. Our local show is celebrating its 70th show year so...

There was a time when I really didn't like anything vaguely resembling housework. Not only didn't I like it, I didn't do it, I h...

I believe that simple living is about reinventing yourself and making yourself happy. Being debt-free will help with your reinvention becaus...