February, week 2 in The Simple Home While I knew from a young age that I would work when I was older, it didn’t occur to me until much la...

I meant to show you Sunny's sesame plants the other day when I did the herb post. We started growing them in the bush house when a ...

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...

It's heart warming to see knitters around the world clicking away on their projects and taking a photo  or two so we can enjoy their w...

I took advantage of the Aldi special on cucumbers this week and bought 10 continental cucumbers for 79 cents each. It's good to sto...

January, week 2 in The Simple Home This is another of those topics where there will be vast differences in the way all of us do things. ...

I send warm wishes to my friends in California where deadly mudslides have cause such heartache.  Indeed, wherever you are in the wor...

I've been very pleased to read how you're organising yourselves with the help of various calendars, reminders and organisational to...

January, week 1 in  The Simple Home Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.  ~ Abrah...

I thought I'd write a post to introduce my main 2018 project of strolling through The Simple Home book. It's almost two years sinc...