I love you people! I love the support you've given me and my blog, it truly astounds me that it's become so popular. A few weeks ag...

This is a continuation of the previous post. Before you rush off to stock your stockpile cupboard, do a bit of research and find out which i...

It seems the price of food and fuel is creeping up every week. Now that many are buying Christmas food and gifts as well, it's a good...

I came across a new blog that you might be interested in. Belinda's Simple Life is fairly new but she has some good ideas and she is a ...

Many vegetables can be grown successfully in pots or containers. I am currently growing a couple of heirloom tomatoes in large pots and I...

The kitchen is slowly coming to life again and I'm really enjoying working there. I'm still getting used to baking in an electric o...

Every gardener needs an assistant, and I have Alice. She follows us around the garden and loves to eat fresh tomatoes and carrots, just p...

When the seasons change from cool to warm, I take the doonas (quilts/duvets) from our beds and take time out to organise our linen cupboard....

There was a time when I would have been extremely bored waking up in the morning and knowing every single thing that would happen to me that...

They arrived just as promised - twelve beautiful bantam eggs. Helen sent them from Perth on Friday, they travelled overnight and arrived in ...