My neighbour gave me these beautiful lilies yesterday. She is a florist and they were left over from a wedding. How are you going with your...

This is Martha, one of our Rhode Island red chooks. She is abut 10 months old. Chickens are a chaotic jumble of gentleness, cannibalism, stu...

Hello everyone. I want to let you know before I set it up, that I'm putting google and amazon advertising on my blog soon. I am saving...

These are the heirloom purple eggplants we grew earlier this year. One of the main principles of organic gardening is to build healthy soil...

LOL, I didn't expect so many would want this recipe. I'll give it to you next week. Just joking. ; ) Here it is. Be warned, it's...

Looks like we'll be having that lemon pie with our dinner. ; ) I made a simple shortcrust pastry and filled it with a non-traditional le...

I love being able to eat the food we grow in our own backyard. It's hard work sometimes, and we do have occasional failures, but general...

This post is by guest writer, Bel. Bel's blog is here. NB: a nappy is also known as a diaper I have six children. If I hadn’t used cloth...

I am always surprised and delighted by the visitors who call into my blog from all over the world. Today we've had visits from Australi...

Apart from a mortgage, rent, child care or car repayments, food is usually the biggest ongoing expense we all have to contend with. We eat f...