If you're about to start a new season garden, your time will be best served by enriching your soil.  This will do more for the health o...

There is one thing you can do that will improve your harvests and the quality of your produce more than any other - enrich your soil before ...

Chickens were the first pets my sons ever had.  Shane and Kerry were about eight and nine when we bought our first little flock.  The boys ...

As discussed yesterday, the most important part of preparing to bring chickens to live at your home is to provide safe living quarters.  If...

I believe today's topic is one of the most important practical things we learn about in our homes - food storage.  I hope you join with ...

Last week we started talking about food waste and how to prevent it.  Of course it starts in the planning stage, before you even buy your fo...

Another year has been put to rest and now I'm popping my head up again on my first day of work.  Hanno and I had a lovely rest over the ...

We all know that buying disposable products adds not only many dollars to our grocery bill but also to our carbon emissions.  Luckily, disp...

We have unique wildlife in Australia.  There are birds, reptiles and marsupials here that are not found in any other country.  We used to be...

Spaces are opening up in the vegetable garden after harvesting all those ripe vegetables. Hanno and I talked about it on the weekend and we...

It was cricket day yesterday. The day that signifies the beginning of summer for me, when I watch the first day of a five day cricket matc...