Next Monday is Christmas Eve so this is the final week to organise ourselves enough so that we enjoy the festivities as much as the re...

The Down to Earth eBook is being released by Penguin today. Yipee! I had a few sample pages emailed to me last week and I'm really ple...

A timely reminder from Soulemama Who owns your content? Do you have a Facebook page?  Better read this Finding a vet for your choo...

Not many women grow up knowing their career of choice will be that of a homemaker. Most Western education is steered towards the commercial...

Dear 2012  I'm writing to you on 12.12.12 because some people think there are magical qualities attached to the date, and a...

Food is part of many of our family celebrations. When you think about Christmas lunches and dinners, Thanksgiving dinners, as well as birth...

This year's garden is almost gone. It's been a very busy month for me because I'm trying to get some writing work finis...

Thank you all for your visits and comments this week. I'm running so far behind answering emails and comments I'm not sure I'll...

My post is late today because we've just returned from the Gold Coast. We had a call from Kerry late yesterday to tell us that Jamie wa...

I've had a number of emails from readers who want to start preserving food in jars but don't know where to start or what equipment ...

I was talking to a woman the other day who told me she always bought cakes and biscuits because she didn't have an electric mixer and c...

I believe that just about anything is possible for me if I plan well enough ahead of time and organise myself so I don't have to rush. ...

Adaptive shopping - watch out, they know where you click Unhappiest people not always the most deprived A plan for food self-sufficien...

Our electricity bill came last week. It's something that many of us fear now because, in Australia, and possibly in many other parts of...

Hanno and I had a lovely day out last Thursday, visiting friends just north of here. Our good friends Beverly and Michael have just moved i...

Nothing ever stays the same. Today is the 15th anniversary of the day we moved into our home. While we have made changes almost everyday we...

For those of us who celebrate Christmas it's only a few weeks away. In fact, Christmas eve is only four Mondays away. Over at the forum...