I have been using my large chest freezer as a cool room for storing my grains and dry goods. In this humid climate, especially in summer, i...

There was good news here recently. A couple of weeks ago I told you that my elder son Shane and his lovely girlfriend, Sarndra, will marry ...

Bev welcoming everyone with her clapping sticks. (click on the photos to enlarge them) We had a wonderful weekend. I hope you did too. Sat...

Teaming up to scour the backyard for insects - Kylie, Heather and Ann Shirley. I often write about the natural world that lays waiting for m...

Things are grim down south. They're in the middle of a heatwave and the area right along the bottom of the Australia continent, that pa...

After a long time writing, editing and obsessing, I'll send in my book proposal at the end of this week. I'll continue to work on it...

A reader asked recently if I'd write a post about what we eat during the week. I'm happy to do that but I think you'll see by o...

There is no doubt about it, things are grim. Jobs and homes are being lost, prices are rising and it looks like it won't improve for a ...

Here is some delightful Sunday reading for you. Ang lives off the grid in an old Amish farm with her husband and seven, soon to be eight, c...

This is my recipe for scones. I have to warn you, I never measure anything so if these aren't quite to your liking, tweak the measureme...

The jam jars have cooled, I checked that all the poptop lids popped down, one didn't, and now nine jars of jam are in the stockpile cupb...

I don't do nearly as much preserving (canning) as I used to. Since we made the decision to keep our garden going year round, there ...

I can't let today pass by without writing something about the wonderful inaugural poem and commenting on Dianne Feinstein. Before today...

Many of us are looking for ways to produce organic food in our homes. There was a time we had an aquaponics system in our backyard, and I t...

Hanno and I thank you all for the good wishes sent for Shane and Sarndra yesterday. It's a wonderful time for all of us and although I n...

Yesterday started off just like any other day, I didn't know when I woke that it would become a day I'd remember all my life. I wok...