I am still learning about our pecan tree. It sits in the chook run and it is the most beautiful tree in our backyard. It's deciduous,...

It looks like a really good swap. I think it's wonderful that so many of you are taking part and I hope you enjoy it. Swapping is a go...

Hello Ladies, UPDATE: We have had one swapper who has had to drop out due to a sudden move from one state to another. I have changed her swa...

The hours spent at home during Autumn are the sweetest of the year. It's almost here, I feel the change of seasons upon us, and it calls...

How often do we get the chance to help someone whose life has been completely turned upside down? Not often. We do favours for people, we ...

Hello ladies. The sign-up deadine for the swap is now over. I am glad so many of you have joined our new swap. I am especially happy that...

Our luffas (loofahs) are almost ready to pick. They have snaked their way up a very high trellis, grown in the sun and rain of summer,...

I must have done something good in the past to deserve the wonderful group of readers I have here. I was overwhelmed by the response to ye...

Don't let them fool you, there is joy to be found at home. If you listen to the people who don't know that, you'll be thinking ...

Having the time and the inclination to make many of the things we use here is one of the most satisfying things about living this way. I lo...