I want to move our dependence further away from the shops and closer to food we grow ourselves or find locally. I am hoping to grow enough ...

I have been slowly getting back into my rhythm and routines and doing a lot more in the house. It's more like the first six or seven ye...

We have seven chickens left. The last of our old girls died late last year and now, even though we miss those old characters, we've sta...

The kids have gone back to school, the weather is cooling a little and time is marching on.  I finished the final reading of my book...

Frugal vegetable gardening starts with seeds. If they're seeds you've collected yourself from last year's crop, that's even...

Food production in the backyard is a simple activity that takes in a few elements of the simple life philosophy. It helps with debt red...

We have been delighting in that wonderful, relaxed time before the real business of the year starts in ernest. We had enough food to keep u...

The long summer school holiday in Australia ends next week and everything will be back to "normal" again. It's been a hot sum...

I'm late to my blog today, but I thought it was better late than not at all. I've been doing the final reading of my next book and ...