Pebbledash picked it up, I am turning 61, not 62! Thanks Diana. Meryl, one of the volunteers I work with picked it up too. When I mention...

Some of you might remember that I did an interview with Radio National recently. That program will be broadcast tomorrow, Thursday, at 8.30...

We had a major problem in our kitchen in 2007. Our dishwasher hose started leaking water and before we knew what was happening, the floati...

I spent a lovely weekend here with Hanno. Not much happened, there were a few phone calls and little else. Hanno worked on the garden, cle...

When I turned off my computer yesterday, the counter was on 999,934. This morning it had clicked over to 1,001,100. I can't quite beli...

We had a feeling there would not be many potatoes in that last lot we planted. Hanno dug them up yesterday and we only had about two kilos ...

After receiving a dozen emails in the past day or two about starting a simple life, and having many new readers join us over the month, I th...

It's Wednesday morning and once again I'm looking forward to being at home after two days out at work. My work days are getting bus...

This post continues on from yesterday's. Today's topic is seeds, seedlings and planting them. Deciding on what you will grow is one...

I was delighted to see Michelle Obama on the news yesterday planning an organic vegetable garden for the White House . I really like how th...