Leanne in New Zealand asked if I would write about how we collect water for the garden. It's an important subject this one, especially a...
Christmas colours. : ) I didn't get much done yesterday as a tradesman and his helper turned up at 9am to finish off the renovations. ...
I had some good news when I came home from work yesterday. My oldest son Shane phoned to say he's not working on Christmas day and he...
I know we are all hoping things get back to normal at Rhonda's, that the chooks are not too traumatized by their troubles, and that M...
As if to illustrate the point I made yesterday about life not always being easy, just after I finished my post I heard a ruckus in the hen h...
I get the impression sometimes that some readers think I’m a perfect angel who works away without a word of complaint, making no mistakes an...
I'm feeling pretty sad today. I found out this morning that Kathleen's mother died late last night. Kathleen and I are very close, s...
After the big upheaval of replacing two cupboards under the kitchen sink, but having to rip out the entire kitchen and floor to do it, we...
I love you people! I love the support you've given me and my blog, it truly astounds me that it's become so popular. A few weeks ag...
This is a continuation of the previous post. Before you rush off to stock your stockpile cupboard, do a bit of research and find out which i...
It seems the price of food and fuel is creeping up every week. Now that many are buying Christmas food and gifts as well, it's a good...
I came across a new blog that you might be interested in. Belinda's Simple Life is fairly new but she has some good ideas and she is a ...
Many vegetables can be grown successfully in pots or containers. I am currently growing a couple of heirloom tomatoes in large pots and I...
The kitchen is slowly coming to life again and I'm really enjoying working there. I'm still getting used to baking in an electric o...
Every gardener needs an assistant, and I have Alice. She follows us around the garden and loves to eat fresh tomatoes and carrots, just p...
When the seasons change from cool to warm, I take the doonas (quilts/duvets) from our beds and take time out to organise our linen cupboard....
There was a time when I would have been extremely bored waking up in the morning and knowing every single thing that would happen to me that...
They arrived just as promised - twelve beautiful bantam eggs. Helen sent them from Perth on Friday, they travelled overnight and arrived in ...
Hello all. I just wanted to post a request for all the apron swappers. We hope all of you have had a lot of fun with this swap and we want t...
I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...
I hope you didn't think I'd jumped ship. The house was a shambles when I woke up yesterday, then when I sat down to my computer to w...
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