Dear Everyone We were surprised to find that Down to Earth was nominated for the Best Australian or New Zealand Blog in the 2011 Bloggie...

I grew up in a much slower time.  A time when bread was delivered by horse and cart and a ginger beer merchant sold his product, from a cart...

If you were wondering where we were yesterday, Hanno and I were out volunteering.  After an early breakfast of tea and toast, we travelled u...

Thanks to everyone who helped with the house affordability question last week.  I was heartened to see that many people thought living on on...

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

I had an email this week from Rebecca who wrote: I'm about to turn 30 and I live in a rented smallholding in the UK. My husband and I ...

Let me start this by saying there are many ways to sterilise food by water bath.  This is how I do it and having been doing it for many yea...

Here in our neck of the woods, summer is a time for stone fruits and jam making.  Hanno found a good bargain at Aldi during the week - premi...

In his books, the late John Seymour tells us that in addition to the many foods found in fields and pastures, like rabbits, berries, nuts an...

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