Very early last Sunday morning, Hanno and I drove over to a town about 30 kms away to buy our first seedlings of the season. 

March, week 3 in The Simple Home There has been a sharp rise in the number of products labelled 'organic' and 'free range'...

What I thought was going to be my second eye operation turned out to be a post-op check. But now, vision in my fixed eye is just below 20/2...

While I've been writing The Simple Home series, you've probably noticed I'm not writing much about what is happening here on a...

March, week 2 in The Simple Home This week we'll focus on shopping for food and I'm guessing that will mean vastly different thin...

It's been a busy week here. We started on another home maintenance project, I cleaned the fridge out yesterday and suddenly I have more...

March, week 1 in The Simple Home Going back to basics This is one of the most important chapters in The Simple Home as it deals wit...

One busy period of our lives ended yesterday with Kerry, Sunny and Jamie moving out and into their own new home.  We wish them the very bes...

I haven't bragged about my grandchildren for a while and I don't want you to think I'm slacking off in that area, so here goes. ...