I haven't had a break from writing yet to think about the next post on food security. It will come, hopefully this week, but in the mea...

When I was a young girl it was common for suburban backyards to have a vegetable garden and fruit trees; my grandma grew peaches in her bac...

Hello everyone. I've been working diligently during the week and made great progress. I'll be back with you on Monday with some pos...

Making raspberry cordial. I haven't said nearly as much about partial self-sufficiency as I wanted to yet but today I have to pos...

I've been meaning to mention the wonderful comments that come in. I read every one of them and many of them make me smile. I would love...

When I first started living as I do now, I made lists of skills I wanted to reacquaint myself with or learn anew. It was not until I'd ...

Tracey September 24, 2013 7:47 am  Congratulations Tracey. I'm sure you'll enjoy Slow . It's a very good magazine. Please email...

My brain wasn't working properly yesterday. Now that I've rested, I remembered that Tim at Slow magazine has given me a copy of th...

We had a wonderful family lunch yesterday with Kerry, Sunny, Sunny's mum Sunja, sister Sungji and niece Jooa. We all had a great time a...

I know I've said this before, but I have the most wonderful readers here. Thank you for making Hanno's day yesterday with all the b...

H a p p y b i r t h d a y  H a n n o ! Hanno is 73 years old today. An oldie but a goodie. I took this photo of him last week at the...

So, you've decided on the location of your garden, you know north from south and you know where the shade is during the day, let...

If you're extremely impatient, don't start a garden because nature is slow, gardening takes time and it can't be rushed. Howeve...

There have been a lot of questions about my book this week. It's a bit complicated but let's see if I can explain. At the moment, t...