Today I want to talk about some minor changes we are making to the swaps. We have decided that we want the swaps to better reflect our simpl...

The link to our photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/down-to-earth_swap_photos/ from Annet to Julie (above) and from Glenda to Nancy ...

There is always something to do in the garden at the moment. I love the photo above, it is of Hanno planting tomatoes with the chooks watchi...

A wonderful parcel arrived a couple of days ago. It was from my swap partner Tracy. As well as sending some great seeds, she also sent a Dow...

After a few days writing about budgeting and money I want to balance the scale today on what really spins my world. I want to tell you about...

Hopefully this will be the last post about money for a while. Our budget is an important part of our simple life. It gives us a spending pl...

Hanno and I spent two hours on our budget yesterday. We checked old bills and we had our little (solar) calculator running hot. We put 2 and...

There have been many emails and very thoughtful and helpful comments to my previous post. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Every comment ...

We have come to the sad realisation that we are not makings ends meet. In the past month our fuel costs have risen from $120 a month to $150...

I'm really pleased so many of you are interested in starting to stitch. It's a wonderful way to make beautiful gifts and it will hel...