My thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on topics to write about. It was quite overwhelming reading such heartfelt comments. I also...

 The garden on Thursday. My sincere thanks to everyone who commented or emailed about topics I could cover in future posts. It real...

We've had quite a history of fruit trees in our backyard. When we bought this place, there was a 30 year old avocado living quite happi...

The daikon radishes are growing like wild fire this year. I think most of them would weigh about 500grams/a pound and they're crisp a...

Most of the work I do here at home is food related with cooking, preserving, baking and growing taking a good slice of my ordinary days. It...

Picking turnips. We had a fright with the chickens during the week. I heard squawking, ran outside to see what was happening and, at t...

Serving good food from your own kitchen isn't just one thing, it's many. And it doesn't happen once, it's part of your ordi...

When I was growing up we rarely went out to eat. I remember dad taking a saucepan to the local newly opened Chinese restaurant once. The sa...

It's been a hectic week here with lots of phone calls to my sister and a dear friend who are both in hospital.  A big hello to bot...

Before I start today's post I want to thank so many of you for your kind and generous comments.  It really does make blogging a great j...

I took my time last week. I had a list of chores as long as my arm but I stood back, took a deep breath, and then worked out what my priori...