I mentioned a few days ago that I was working on a little oil lamp. Well, I fiddled with it for a few days, tested wicks and oil levels, I...

Today we'll be thinking about how to use less electricity and water. This part of the audit is another one where if you can reduce your...

My latest dishcloth, finished yesterday. Please read this old post first. Today we'll talk about getting rid of 'disposable' pap...

It's a mystery to me why all gardeners don't make their own compost. It is an important part of gardening, will help enrich your so...

If you planted a tomato into virgin Australian soil (and probably most other virgin soils) and watered it, it might live and produce small t...

I think it's wonderful that there are a lot of new vegetable gardeners now. Growing food is part of a new way of living for some, it he...

When you first take up your trowel and fork and start planting vegetable seeds for the first time there is a very strong tendency to ov...

The Energy Monitor a couple of days after installation. (Click on photos to enlarge.) We had an energy and water audit done a few weeks ago....

Welsh onions are planted in the top bed here. They're non-bulbing green onions, although there is a red variety of Welsh as well. ...

Lettuce, bok choi and cabbages. One of my fantasies when I was younger was to wander off into the bush and live off the land. In the 197...

Alice says hello. ;- ) Good morning! We've had some wild weather these past couple of days with about 250 mm (nearly 10 inches) fallin...

I made a batch of soap last weekend. For me, soap making is one of those defining tasks of a simple life. Like bread making, it is a powe...