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18 April 2016
Hallelujah, we're back in the garden again
It was a late start this year but we've finally got the first plants in the ground. Hanno has been digging and enriching the soil for t...
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15 April 2016
Weekend reading
The weather is cooler here, just right for spending time in the garden planting up some seedlings. Hanno has been adding manures and compos...
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13 April 2016
Warm complexity
You can save quite a bit of money if you learn how to do some basic sewing. Sewing on buttons, mending a torn sleeve, taking up a hem, repl...
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11 April 2016
Homemade tomato relish
It's wonderful having the time to do a bit of preserving when the opportunity arises. I bought a 10 kg box of tomatoes for $8 on Frida...
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8 April 2016
Weekend reading
Hanno setting up the sun umbrella yesterday so we could work in the garden in the shade. I'm looking forward to going out this mor...
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6 April 2016
A self-contained, productive life
When we were on the book tour, one question kept coming up in every town - it was about couples living on one income. Some people wanted to...
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4 April 2016
So now it's liver spots, is it!
Things I don't like now I'm older, items 1 - 20, or thereabouts: Time goes faster, I get slower and weaker, my eyesight is worse,...
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1 April 2016
Weekend reading
I'll be signing books at Dymocks in Brisbane city today. If you're in town, come along and say hello. I'd love to meet you. The...
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28 March 2016
Routines and menu planning
Sunday morning 7.30 and I'm trying to re-establish my routines. They used to work well for me in the past but were abandoned when I was...
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25 March 2016
Weekend reading
Many of us will have a few days off over Easter. I hope you take the opportunity to slow down and really experience where you are. Turn of...
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24 March 2016
Everyone deserves a bit of space
While we were away travelling around the countryside, I don't know how many times I heard the phrases "you've really inspired ...
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22 March 2016
Book Depository selling Simple Home and all my books
Just a couple of reminders for you today. The Book Depository in the UK is now selling Australian books and The Simple Home is listed as...
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