Our vegetable garden is vitally important to us. It gives us the freshest organic food at minimal cost. To keep the cost of the garden down ...

Hello ladies! I am in the process of moving all the tote photos to a flickr account. The address is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/...

This is the second part of our simple lives. It's been a real eyeopener to me to read all these incredible stories. Thanks to everyone w...

Being part of this blogging community has a few benefits - we connect on a daily basis with like minded people, we share ideas, we learn new...

When I'm reading comments or emails I often wonder how others live and what I can learn from the people who contact me. You see, most of...

Hello ladies! Here are the swap buddies for the seed swap. There were two ladies who didn't leave their e-mail addresses, so if Julie i...

I've finished work for the week and now I'm free to roam around my space here doing the things that nourish my soul. Before I get on...

To follow up on Bel's excellent post yesterday on organising yourself, I thought I'd write today about clutter-free zones. How depre...

A lot of people say to me, “You must be so organised!” And it’s true, I am quite organised. I have lists, menus, folders, files, a diary a...

One of the readers here needs a little bit of friendly support and encouragement. Lacy and her husband Josh, at razor family farms , are hop...

I wanted to continue on yesterday's theme of pinching pennies to talk about a few things we can all do to save money. One of the best wa...

I am ever grateful that I have so many returning readers, the number grows every week. It's amazing. In the interests of sharing, I'...

It’s getting a bit scary with prices rises lately. It’s not just the price of fuel, which increases almost every week, it’s also grocery, me...