Generally one loofah harvest will keep you going all year. I harvested most of the loofahs this morning. I have about 18 of them, bot...

I have few regrets when I look back on my old life but one thing I do regret is all the food and money I wasted. I’m very careful now to mak...

I've always been a very keen reader. There was a time when I would read a book every couple of days but that was when I had time to loun...

We’ve had a vegetable garden for much of the past 25 years. Gardening is one of those things that I miss when I don’t do it for a few days. ...

When I decided that I would stop spending, along with that decision came the imperative of looking after what I own. We have always bought ...

I have to apologise right now. There will be times when you come to this blog and just as you've become used to one set of colours and l...

My sink overlooks our vegetable garden so washing up is a slow and pleasant task. We spend so much time in the kitchen it easy save a few do...

I've been tidying up my photo albums this morning because it's too cold to go outside to the garden. I found this little card I made...

It always pleases me a lot to cook local and home grown food. When I can combine that fresh food with something from my preserving cupboard ...

I hope this tutorial helps the readers who are starting out on bread making or those who have tried but failed. All the ingredients are com...

This photo gives a good overview of our back verandah. It's a bit untidy so look past that. ; ) You can see our aquaponics tank and grow...

It was very disappointing, only one woman came along to the sewing circle. She wanted to learn how to cut out and sew a pair of pants that f...

I'll be taking my library books back today - I have this Reader's Digest back to basics book as well as the seed saver's handboo...

Just in case you missed it, there was an interesting article in Time magazine this week: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,16...

It will be a fairly busy day today. I have to sow some seeds in the aquaponics garden as well as some brandywine tomatoes for another garden...

Veggieboy from http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/ contacted me this morning with some very good links to their members' small, medium a...

We've revived an old ritual, H and I. That of the sit down, talk and enjoy morning tea. No matter what either of us are doing, at around...

I'm really excited about this! I'm starting our sewing circle at the Neighbourhood Centre next Monday - it will be free and we have ...

I’ve been trying to remember the point of transition, when I went from learning how to live simply and taking on one project at a time, to ...

One of the easiest ways to save money when grocery shopping is to know what price is a good price. Some supermarkets tag “bargains” that are...

I made yoghurt today. It's easy, delicious and inexpensive, costing about half the price of supermarket yoghurt. You can make yoghurt wi...

I thought I'd give those interested in our aquaponics system a bit more info. Aquaponics is an intergrated system of growing fish and or...

A stockpile is a large amount of non-perishable food, cleaning products and toiletries that are purchased at sale price and stored in a cupb...

I did it! Check out the photo. It took about 15 minutes to clean this table off, wipe it over with a clean cloth, sort through papers, catal...

I was really disorganised and scatty at work yesterday. It didn't help that the day before was a public holiday so I tried to do two day...