One of the many ways to cut costs in your kitchen garden is to take herb cuttings. I do it at this time of year but you should do a bit of ...

February, week 1 in The Simple Home We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.   Winston Churchill Hanno and...

I'm making a lamp skirt to cover a very drab beige lamp shade in our lounge room. The fringe will be at the bottom and the green cott...

Hello everyone.  Last year I developed an online blogging course and had great success with it.  It's a course for beginners, or blogge...

January, week 4 in  The Simple Home This is the final post for January, so let's recap what we've done so far.  This month has be...

I think this is the most significant group of reads I've collected and presented to you so far.  One site here has been life changing f...

I know many of you will already be doing this, or at least know about it, but cooking in a saucepan with a steamer on top is a frugal and n...

Good morning friends. The lovely Ben at Penguin has given me two The Simple Home books to give away.  I'll give one away in Ju...

January, week 3 in  The Simple Home Thinking back on all the houses I've lived in as an adult, I've never walked into one that wa...