Winter is here! The temperatures are dropping and night temps are hard on the body comfort zone. Time to break out the hot water bottles!...

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...

A small introduction to what we do in our own backyard. We host garden tours and run sustainable living workshops. Feel free to browse my...

If you’ve read my blog before, you’ll know I looove coffee. So, to pay penance for my addiction which creates all these tough coffee...

Feijoas. Who doesn’t love them?? A South American fruit that immigrated to the shores of New Zealand and is such a blessing to so many...

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...

I really don’t like litter along roadsides! It’s a pet peeve! Why can’t folk take their trash home and deposit it responsibly in their...

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...

1. Grow Green Do it! Just buy a packet of vegetable seeds. Read instructions to sow them and JUST DO IT!! Then sit back and watch...

Still can’t believe our good fortune! We have friends who actually live in Fiji! Yeah! Some people have all the luck! Sunshine pretty...

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...

Tawashis. It sounds Japanese. And of course, you’re right! Tawashis are a form of scrubbing brush or sponge in Japan, and I have just...

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

I get a kick out of upcycling – taking something old and no longer useful, and turning it into something useful, and often, beautiful. ...

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...