You know the saying….feed a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime…..well,...

Happy New Year everyone! Start of a new year means a good time to clear up the clutter in one’s life. Our dining room table is ALWAYS...

Great big ornamental leaves. Rhubarb. It’s a mouth bending tongue twister! You can’t say it without doing a bit of mouth yoga! And it’s...

I love my garden. It is a place where I feel alive, where I find my peace and where I grow strong, healthy organic food. It is also a...

Let’s talk deodorant. Back when my son was just 14yrs old, he spent nearly a year on the couch, cradling his head from crippling...

‘Tis the Season. The Festive Season. Some people love it, while others dread it. I love what Christmas stands for….Family. Love....

As most gardeners do, I like to collect my own seeds by allowing certain plants to go to seed after blossoming. Bees love the flowers in...

Any gardeners out there will lament with me on the subject of white butterflies….certainly a lovely sight as they flit around the garden...

The bees are loving the lavender! I love Spring! Real Spring, not the crazy beginnings of false Spring courtesy Climate Change. The last...

A consumer, as defined by the Cambridge online dictionary means to use up energy, fuel, time or food in especially large amounts. If a...

Love. noun – a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. – a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as...

We went on holiday for two weeks and returned to found we had left a Sourdough Seed Loaf in our fridge. It was perfectly fine, albeit a...

Waste is a big Buzz Word these days. How to reduce our waste, especially food scraps, which in landfill go through anaerobic (no oxygen)...

Shave the beeswax for quicker melting time. No need for expensive, single-purposed, artificially scented leather and wood conditioners....

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...

Imagine how many old socks end up in landfill? Thousands upon thousands. That’s because socks have a limited lifespan, and there’s...

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...

I was always the miserable winter girl, rucked up with 6 layers, still shivering, pale, cowering in the cold and, well…. just gloomy. ...