It's been a busy week. I've worked every day since Sunday, and have today off but there is a training day tomorrow. After Friday e...

I have often thought that modern society has divided into two camps – adults and children. This might seem quite obvious to you but I don’t ...

It's easy to get caught up in posts about producing food when we're trying to live a frugal and sustainable life but the truth of it...

According to our local news, grocery prices will continue to rise along with the fuel price in the coming months. Almost everything we consu...

Today I want to talk about some minor changes we are making to the swaps. We have decided that we want the swaps to better reflect our simpl...

The link to our photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/down-to-earth_swap_photos/ from Annet to Julie (above) and from Glenda to Nancy ...

There is always something to do in the garden at the moment. I love the photo above, it is of Hanno planting tomatoes with the chooks watchi...

A wonderful parcel arrived a couple of days ago. It was from my swap partner Tracy. As well as sending some great seeds, she also sent a Dow...

After a few days writing about budgeting and money I want to balance the scale today on what really spins my world. I want to tell you about...

Hopefully this will be the last post about money for a while. Our budget is an important part of our simple life. It gives us a spending pl...

Hanno and I spent two hours on our budget yesterday. We checked old bills and we had our little (solar) calculator running hot. We put 2 and...