March, week 3 in The Simple Home There has been a sharp rise in the number of products labelled 'organic' and 'free range'...

I have received quite a few emails lately asking about what I call the hierarchy of food. The questions ask how important is it to eat orga...

I've had a number of emails this past month from readers who asked about significant changes - the grand gestures of life - and how thei...

I have asked my friend Belinda Moore to write about raising children while living simply. Belinda lives with her husband and six children to...

As some of you know, H and I are painting the inside of our house. We're going from a cool and pale mint green to a creamy yellow called...

After receiving a dozen emails in the past day or two about starting a simple life, and having many new readers join us over the month, I th...

You guessed it. If I have time this weekend, I'll be clicking away on the needles. I hope you can do something you love on the weeke...

Next in the series of readers questions is how to start living simply. Well, the answer to this is to know why you want to simplify your lif...

Dear friends, I've opened the Simple, Green Frugal Co-op blog again. I started the blog back in 2008 with a group of bloggers I invited...

Change is in the air. I can feel it in my bones. Housekeeping, the acts of budgeting, food production, home cooking, cleaning, and caring...

I thought it would take a couple of weeks and in the end it was five long, cold weeks of using our main toilet and bathroom instead of the ...

Of all the simple pleasures waiting for us in our homes, my favourite is sleeping on newly washed sheets that have been dried in the sun. La...

The question I am asked more than any other in emails is "how do I start living simply?' Unfortunately there is not a simple answe...

I got some good news from Penguin yesterday. Down to Earth is being reprinted again. :- ) I've received many emails from people who ha...

I'm having a short break but I noticed there are a lot of readers visiting this morning. I've decided to occasionally feature popula...