This is a fast, from-scratch recipe collection created by the Down to Earth community. There are a lot of great ideas here. Thanks to everyo...

My kitchen in the late afternoon. Hanno and I were out free ranging yesterday. I wanted to have a day off. It was the first day of my 3½ w...

Apparently there will be changes to laws in the USA in about two months to make the sale of homemade toys and cloth nappies (diapers), in fa...

Well, as you can see, I didn't get back here yesterday. I had a full on day of Christmas preparations at work. Our Christmas hampers a...

Technically, some common vegetables like tomatoes, squash and cucumbers, are fruit. For this post, I'm referring to everything as "...

This is the plant we're saving for its seeds. Sorry, it's a bit overexposed. There is a celery plant in our vegetable garden that r...

It's been a busy week. After two days at work, I've been confined to my sewing room writing, thinking and making notes. Oh, I did h...

One of the things we all do every day is eat. If you're looking for a way to start simplifying your life, if you're a new wife or hu...

I didn't think I'd be frightened by our economic crisis. Initially I saw it as a way of slowing everything down, putting the bra...