Calling all Bird Lovers: A while back, I wrote a post on attracting birds to the garden. It’s around winter that food supplies are scant...

Food is often tied up in so many memories. A bite of something can transport us to a place or person, evoking powerful connections to...

Okay, lets talk fermenting….it’s a brilliant way of preserving foods and preventing them from rotting or exceeding their Best Before...

July is Plastic-Free Month. Focussed on getting people to be aware of all the single use plastic we use, and aimed at reducing the amount...

Let’s get cracking then! My last blog was about juice fasting, and I mentioned making juice crackers from the waste pulp. So, as...

Juice Fasting is a great way to keep the body cleaned out and in optimal health. Way back in 2005, I attended Cowboy Don’s (Don Tolman)...

Baby Powder or talcum powder, is a commonly purchased item for those new mums. It helps absorb moisture and keep little bottoms fresh...

Sometimes you have too many greens and can’t use them quick enough. I hate waste, so when I have time, I’ll grab a handful of greens and...

Do you love Basil? The herb, I mean. Do you want more of it? Then read on…. I love Basil Pesto! One of many of my favourites flavours...

Rhubarb is a wonderful gem in the garden. Something you plant once, forget about and it keeps giving and giving. One of those amazing...

We live in New Zealand, two hours south of Auckland. Not exactly sub-tropical, but nevertheless, we grow bananas. They’re a hardy bunch...

The saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a little unfair to these amazingly versatile citrus miracles! It implies that...

Did you know?? In the Doctrine (teachings) of Signatures (Sign of Nature) of Wholefoods (healthy, untampered with), avocados are the...

Clean windows. Nice to have but a bugger to do. I can spend endless hours in the garden, fossicking around, cleaning up and sorting,...

Okay, so if you have as many fruit trees as we have (60 on a quarter acre section), you will find plenty pruning tasks over Autumn and...

A long time ago, a friend gave me a recipe for calendula ointment – great for wounds, scalds, rashes and eczema. Calendula protects...

I have an extensive array of herbs growing in our garden. They thrive! Every now and then I pick some for a salad, or for a dish I’m...

Having been a vegetarian for 30 years, I used to flippantly joke that “when I grow up, I’ll become vegan…”. Well, jokes on me! I watched...

Growing your own cabbages? Got cabbages coming out your ears? Time to make sauerkraut! It’s a digestive wonderfood, AND it’s super easy...

I love coffee, I love tea…..and just occasionally I like a little herb tea.Not just any old herb tea but Flower Power! The stuff of...