One of the many ways to cut costs in your kitchen garden is to take herb cuttings. I do it at this time of year but you should do a bit of ...

February, week 1 in The Simple Home We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.   Winston Churchill Hanno and...

I know many of you will already be doing this, or at least know about it, but cooking in a saucepan with a steamer on top is a frugal and n...

Every so often I receive an email from a reader asking for ideas about something they're struggling with.  Here we have one such query ...

We've been busy here the past week or so. We had plumbers in looking at an ongoing problem, which they finally fixed. A few visitors dr...

So far we've changed our mindset, or are working on it, we're tracking our spending, or starting to, and before we write up a budge...

We slow down and relax during December and January. The garden produces a few herbs and fruit so it only needs watering, Hanno mows the law...

I've never watched Game of Thrones, the Kardasians or a hundred other popular TV programs, but give me The Great British Sewing Bee and...

We've reached the point in our gardening year when we've stopped planting. We still have a fair bit of gardening to do but there wi...

I think Hanno and I have been pretty succesful in changing our lives from one of stress, expense and disorder, to a life of relaxed content...