Like you, I put a fair bit of time into my home. Doing the housework here allows us to live in relative comfort and to invite our family an...

This is my one and only vase of sweet peas this year. I had to pull them out to make way for the cucumbers over the garden arch. They are...

I sometimes have a quiet laugh at myself for something I've said or written. Yesterday I was reading through an old list of chores I...

The temperature rose to 38C here yesterday which isn't a good start to the season, especially as we have very little water. Still, I di...

It's a constant battle here at the moment keeping the water up to our tube stock in the front garden and the vegetables and fruit out t...