I don't do nearly as much preserving (canning) as I used to. Since we made the decision to keep our garden going year round, there ...

I was shocked to see a Labor Party politician on the TV news yesterday say that now we've had our retail therapy over Christmas (his wor...

Above is the garden leading to our closed gate. The star jasmine and agapanthus are really putting on a fine show after all the rain we'...

One of the many things I love about the way I live is that I never feel helpless. I feel I'm in control of what I'm doing and where...

According to our local news, grocery prices will continue to rise along with the fuel price in the coming months. Almost everything we consu...

There is always something to do in the garden at the moment. I love the photo above, it is of Hanno planting tomatoes with the chooks watchi...

There have been many emails and very thoughtful and helpful comments to my previous post. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Every comment ...

Here we are, just a couple of crazy kids, about to set off to pick up our chooks on Saturday. I didn’t want to garden yesterday. I was tired...

It's a constant challenge keeping the pantry and stockpile cupboards full and rotating. I've been going through my cupboards this we...

I wanted to continue on yesterday's theme of pinching pennies to talk about a few things we can all do to save money. One of the best wa...

It’s getting a bit scary with prices rises lately. It’s not just the price of fuel, which increases almost every week, it’s also grocery, me...

I’m really pleased we have no debt. Rising interest rates, high fuel prices and skyrocketing food prices are quite common world-wide now and...

One of the many things you can do on your journey towards simplicity is to learn how to store things in a way that will stop them spoiling b...

This is a continuation of the previous post. Before you rush off to stock your stockpile cupboard, do a bit of research and find out which i...

It seems the price of food and fuel is creeping up every week. Now that many are buying Christmas food and gifts as well, it's a good...

I often watch a local TV program on Sunday at lunchtime. Landline is an ABC program about all things rural and it gives a good insight into ...

Carrying on with our theme of not wasting food, today I want to talk about auditing your stockpile. We did our monthly shopping yesterday so...