I've come full circle. I started off my dish cleaning duties as a young girl when my sister and I had to dry when mum washed up. I gre...

I must have done something good in the past to deserve the wonderful group of readers I have here. I was overwhelmed by the response to ye...

Today we're cleaning the bathroom using green cleaners, plus a little bit of bleach if you have a mould problem. Before we proceed t...

Graphic from the Carl Larsen gallery I was going to write about starting off your chicken flock but there are a few loose ends from yesterda...

I had a question from a reader the other day regarding cleaning soap making utensils and equipment. She wanted to know if it was okay to wa...

While the shops get busier with the excesses of Christmas shopping, my simple life continues at a gentle pace. It was cooking and odds and ...

It was raining and cold here on the weekend, I had a few things to catch up on, and one of them was a batch of laundry liquid. I know many ...

I keep coming back to it, even though I don't have to, it's one of the daily tasks in my home that slows me down and focuses my min...

While the shops get busier with the excesses of Christmas shopping, my simple life continues at a gentle pace. It was a cooking and odds a...

What a weekend! I feel like I'm back in my rhythm, ready again for whatever each new day brings. I had to go to the shop on Saturday mor...

Although I didn't do much in the way of chores on the weekend, I did bake some barmbrack . Barmbrack is a traditional Irish fruit brea...