It always pleases me a lot to cook local and home grown food. When I can combine that fresh food with something from my preserving cupboard ...

I hope this tutorial helps the readers who are starting out on bread making or those who have tried but failed. All the ingredients are com...

This photo gives a good overview of our back verandah. It's a bit untidy so look past that. ; ) You can see our aquaponics tank and grow...

It was very disappointing, only one woman came along to the sewing circle. She wanted to learn how to cut out and sew a pair of pants that f...

I'll be taking my library books back today - I have this Reader's Digest back to basics book as well as the seed saver's handboo...

Just in case you missed it, there was an interesting article in Time magazine this week: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,16...

It will be a fairly busy day today. I have to sow some seeds in the aquaponics garden as well as some brandywine tomatoes for another garden...

Veggieboy from http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/ contacted me this morning with some very good links to their members' small, medium a...

We've revived an old ritual, H and I. That of the sit down, talk and enjoy morning tea. No matter what either of us are doing, at around...

I'm really excited about this! I'm starting our sewing circle at the Neighbourhood Centre next Monday - it will be free and we have ...