Most of us see the sense of not spraying pesticides and herbicides in the garden, nor using chemical cleaners in our homes. There are many r...

How are you all going with your electricity and water meter readings? I hope you have mastered the meters and are now doing weekly readings....

I try to be non-political in my blog. I don't really see the point of talking about what should be done when everyone has such widely di...

I've heard some disturbing reports in the last couple of days from farmers and meteorologists stating that unless we get good rain in Au...

I received an email from a reader the other day asking about water saving strategies so I thought now is a good time to be checking our wate...

The tools of a revolutionary. There comes a point when everyone needs to make a conscious decision to make changes that need to be made. How...

This post is by guest writer, Bel. Bel's blog is here. Through time and across cultures, the menstrual cycle h as been sacred and ta...

We found this little fellow in a bucket near our tank. It's nice and moist there and it looks like there are tiny tadpoles forming...

Bread and butter cucumbers with red onion and mustard seeds. I have only one jar of peach jam left! It's my favorite. I'm hoping to ...

The end of winter is never the best time to see a beautiful vegetable garden as the harshness of winter does take its toll, but there is sti...

My home made 100% cotton napkins. The ones in the fan are small, the larger ones are at the front. I'm trying to do without as many &quo...

Turn off appliances at the wall. Reorganise your appliances to make this as easy as possible. Turn off all chargers with a black box on them...

I went back to work yesterday, and had a meeting following work, so I didn't get a chance to come back at all yesterday. It was a long d...

Isn't it frustrating when you receive your electricity bill, you think it's too high but you can't really remember what you did ...

Sauerkraut is made with just two ingredients - cabbage and salt, with a bit of time thrown in for good measure. I used four small sugarloaf ...

A few years ago, when I started thinking about the true cost of food, I started to buy as much as I could in, and from, my own local area. I...

From next Monday I'll be auditing my own electricity meter to see what my usage is. I do this a few times during the year and it gives m...

Nothing is better than crunching on snow peas while you work in the winter garden. Growing your own food, or even some of it, is an importan...