I'm really happy to be able to sit here now without the pain of the past few days. When you're usually healthy and something like th...

Hello everyone. I have a pinched sciatic nerve so I can't sit at the computer for long. The good news is there is an improvement sinc...

I'm fighting to go to work today as my hip is still giving me curry. I hate being sick or incapacitated in any way so I refuse to stay h...

I've been making yeasted breads for a long time now and I think my bread is pretty good, even if I do say so myself. There's always ...

I've been out in the garden enjoying the mid-afternoon sunshine and pouring a little rainwater on the vegetables. We have some dutch cre...

I spent a leisurely afternoon making my apron and although there are flaws - the bib is too wide, the ties too long and I had to patch fabri...

I'm not a particularly good sewer but I do my best to make a wide range of things for my home. Today I'm making another apron. I nee...

These are are Rhode Island Red chooks. How could you live without chooks in the backyard? Don't answer, I wasn't really asking. ; )...

I sometimes have people ask me how I fill my days. It's a bit of a patchwork really and each day is different to the ones on either side...

Being the type of person I am I always read about things before I do them, or soon after. When I had my kids, I read everything I could whil...

Generally one loofah harvest will keep you going all year. I harvested most of the loofahs this morning. I have about 18 of them, bot...

I have few regrets when I look back on my old life but one thing I do regret is all the food and money I wasted. I’m very careful now to mak...

I've always been a very keen reader. There was a time when I would read a book every couple of days but that was when I had time to loun...

We’ve had a vegetable garden for much of the past 25 years. Gardening is one of those things that I miss when I don’t do it for a few days. ...

When I decided that I would stop spending, along with that decision came the imperative of looking after what I own. We have always bought ...

I have to apologise right now. There will be times when you come to this blog and just as you've become used to one set of colours and l...

My sink overlooks our vegetable garden so washing up is a slow and pleasant task. We spend so much time in the kitchen it easy save a few do...

I've been tidying up my photo albums this morning because it's too cold to go outside to the garden. I found this little card I made...

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...