Just before I travelled to Blackheath, I received this email from "Mary". I asked if it was okay to use it in a post because ...

I loved the interesting comments that came through yesterday. Parents sharing their experiences in an open way always has the potential to ...

Google "home-based economy' and you get a lot of links about setting up a business at home, earning money from home and a lot of f...

I'm often asked what can be done in the home to live a more sustainable, simple life. I find it difficult to answer a question like...

Again, thank you for all the love and warmth being sent to lift my spirits. I'm still feeling weak but I was up all day yesterday and i...

Our blogging workshop at the Maroochydore Library. I've been very fortunate lately to have been involved in writing and blogging w...

One of the pleasures of having a break away from the blog is coming back full of enthusiasm. I miss all of you when I'm not here writin...

During the week a wonderful comment came in on the post about Kevin's Man Made Home. It was from rabidlittlehippy . I started writi...

On the weekend, me and my sister were talking about a TV program called Kevin's Man Made Home . Kevin McCloud from the Grand Designs pr...

The first of this season's vegetable seeds were planted in trays and then I stopped because of the rain. We had a drought in the last s...

I was asked by a reader the other day why I don't do more posts on budgeting and frugal living. There are three reasons:  The minds...

Last week I wrote about vegetable garden preparation, maintenance and production but there are many other parts of gardens that are inter...