Yes, there's a new baby coming into our lives, she's a Scottish Terrier puppy called Gracie. Those of you who have been reading her...

Another week has been and gone, another weekend approaches.  To tell you the truth, almost every day is like a weekend to me now, and eve...

There are many things we can all do to save money in our homes. Some of them are so easy and commonplace we rarely think of them, or think...

My thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on topics to write about. It was quite overwhelming reading such heartfelt comments. I also...

 The garden on Thursday. My sincere thanks to everyone who commented or emailed about topics I could cover in future posts. It real...

We've had quite a history of fruit trees in our backyard. When we bought this place, there was a 30 year old avocado living quite happi...

The daikon radishes are growing like wild fire this year. I think most of them would weigh about 500grams/a pound and they're crisp a...

Most of the work I do here at home is food related with cooking, preserving, baking and growing taking a good slice of my ordinary days. It...

Picking turnips. We had a fright with the chickens during the week. I heard squawking, ran outside to see what was happening and, at t...

Serving good food from your own kitchen isn't just one thing, it's many. And it doesn't happen once, it's part of your ordi...