Menu planning can help reduce the cost of living for most of us. It encourages you to think about your food choices, it helps create a heal...

Although I don't write about it nearly as much as I think about it, food budgeting is one of my favourite topics. It's the firs...

Most of us home bakers have a gaggle of well used recipes to bake a variety of bread for our families. I am no different. These are soft wh...

The weekend is almost here and I hope that means you have more time to relax and enjoy yourself.  Winter is slowly coming to and end he...

It was one of those special days yesterday - one when the hours dissolved into each other, I had no real work to do and I sat knittin...

There was a time when, in my dim and distant past, I would throw out clothes that had a hole, a missing button or a broken zip. I feel real...

A recent poll in The Guardian gave a good indication of widespread hope, all around the world, of a simpler life. It also showed that most...

Kathleen, one of our Frizzles, displaying her magnificent hat of soft feathers. I hope you've had a good week. Mine has been a bit...

Last week I said I'd write about a chicken meal for the slow cooker, so here it is. I cooked mine in a cast iron pot in the oven becaus...

Every so often Hanno and I leave our chores behind and go out for the day. We like to take the back roads, we stay away from crowds an...