A feeling of renewal always comes calling at this time of year.  The new year is looming, an old year almost gone and life is telling me to ...

A change of plans at the last minute so no ginger beer was made yesterday.  I'm sorry that I can't follow this through with you but ...

I've had a couple of requests for our Christmas cake recipe and I'm happy to oblige.  This cake is really easy to make, it's ful...

I received an email during the week from a young woman in Tasmania.  With her permission I'm replying to her here because I know more go...

The last weekend before Christmas - it was slowly busy and relaxed here.  I worked on the book on Saturday and kept yesterday as a pottering...

This is just a reminder for everyone making their ginger beer.  Two teaspoons of ginger and two teaspoons of sugar every day and keep the mi...

This is on my mind  is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It opens the door to us sharing our lives with these photos ...

If you're making ginger beer with me, today you'll need to feed the beast, and you'll feed it every day for about a week, or for...

I had two emails recently from women who are new to all this and they're hesitating to dive in because one is not a good cook and the o...

Last week, one of the ladies here ask me to show my preserving kit. Here it is in our brick garden shed. I also store excess jars and bott...