The Dreaming Stone What a beautiful place the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand is! The Bay of Plenty Beauty! I took some visitors to Te...

I needed a half cup of peanut for my Spicey Peanut Satay sauce and found that I was out of stock, so I thought laterally…….how can I make...

For all you coffee lovers out there, we need to take responsibility for our addiction! I love the daily ritual of my morning coffee...

What a brilliant Marae! Te Uru Taumatua near Whakatane. Well worth the visit! It’s a Maori Meeting House of Incredible Sustainability...

I know that people talk of a Man Shed……….. in our home, it’s a Girl Shed! I love nothing better than pottering around in the shed, a...

The Boss! Blending made smoother! We did it! Bought ourselves a health insurance policy – a Breville Boss Blender! Yay! I am in awe of...

So how come our rates of skin cancer are soaring through the roof, despite the fact that we all take “precaution” against sunburn and...

Calendula reminds us of Sunshine! This is an earth-friendly recipe for calendula balm – great for wounds, scalds, rashes and eczema. ...

Do you have a big parsley plant in your garden? I often harvest the last of the spent overgrown parsley to create yummy parsley pesto,...

Old Belgian Christmas Stamp So Christmas is just around the corner, and every shop has been pressurising us to buy, buy, buy for the last...

Springing into the Garden, or Spring not yet Sprung! It is officially Spring, and the weather is the usual mixed bag of yuck and...

Way, way back, I heard about the wonderful healing properties of Colloidal Silver. We used to buy it from the Health Store and use it to...

Do you make kombucha? It’s a wonderful healthy drink that restores gut flaura and helps with digestion. It contains B-vitamins, enzymes...

Berry, Berry Smooth! Home-grown bananas Wowee! Heaven! I think last Spring I invented our own mind-blowing health drink that tastes...

Ohinemuri River, Waikino, Karangahake Gorge There is much beauty and inspiration all around us. We just have to awaken the senses and...

Stock. It’s the stuff we use to flavour up a dish we’re creating in the kitchen, to nourish ourselves and loved ones. You can buy it in...

Katikati, Western Bay of Plenty. Between Waihi and Tauranga. A little town 2 1/2 hours south of Auckland. Lying nestled between the...

Spring conjures up images of daffodils for me, and birds nesting. And speaking of birds, we usually check on our feathered friends at...

You don’t need a garden to grow nutritious veggies! All you need is a jar, a couple of elastic bands, a piece of fine netting and you’re...

Seed Cups Anyone for a cuppa seeds? Yay, for the World Wide Web of shared ideas! I came across this idea, of creating a feeder for wild...