I'm taking a break from kitchen sinks and simple living today so I can tell you about what's been occupying my time this past week,...

With world finances getting jittery again, maybe it's time to highlight a few measures to help us all spend as little as possible w...

Hello everyone, thank you for joining me in this most important monitoring task. I hope that through these simple audits, we'll all be a...

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...

Somewhere for the fairies to live  - from the golden adventures of a very dark horse. : - ) And something for the boys - The Shed and Beyo...

Coralie Allmin, a faithful Down to Earth reader, died after a short illness on 6 November, 2012.  Rest in peace, Coralie. ♥♥♥ ...

During the week a wonderful comment came in on the post about Kevin's Man Made Home. It was from rabidlittlehippy . I started writi...

I think it's wonderful that there are a lot of new vegetable gardeners now. Growing food is part of a new way of living for some, it he...

We've had so many visitors lately my head is spinning. Add to that my adorable grandkids and a new puppy and I'm starting to feel a...

Last week I received an email from a women who said she wanted to live a more simple life but she couldn't leave her job in the city unt...

Hopefully you've landed in your thirties with only a few debts and a passion for living simply.  If you have, you're in the driver...

The beginnings of a cotton nightie I started last weekend. My simple life is a series of small changes. They may appear inconsequential to ...

I'm queen of my home and here with my king, we grow, make, recycle, mend, bake, ferment, preserve, cook and do as much for ourselves...

When I first decided that I'd had enough of my rampant spending and the insidious system that encouraged it, I realised that a lot of t...

Potatoes are a very popular vegetable in Australia. Those of us of European descent who cook our traditional family food often use potatoe...