I was asked recently how I clean bottles. Of course I use a brush, I use brushes for much of my cleaning and cleaning bottles is no excepti...

It was a late start this year but we've finally got the first plants in the ground. Hanno has been digging and enriching the soil for t...

The weather is cooler here, just right for spending time in the garden planting up some seedlings. Hanno has been adding manures and compos...

You can save quite a bit of money if you learn how to do some basic sewing. Sewing on buttons, mending a torn sleeve, taking up a hem, repl...

It's wonderful having the time to do a bit of preserving when the opportunity arises.  I bought a 10 kg box of tomatoes for $8 on Frida...

Hanno setting up the sun umbrella yesterday so we could work in the garden in the shade. I'm looking forward to going out this mor...

When we were on the book tour, one question kept coming up in every town - it was about couples living on one income. Some people wanted to...

Things I don't like now I'm older, items 1 - 20, or thereabouts: Time goes faster, I get slower and weaker, my eyesight is worse,...

I'll be signing books at Dymocks in Brisbane city today. If you're in town, come along and say hello. I'd love to meet you. The...

Sunday morning 7.30 and I'm trying to re-establish my routines. They used to work well for me in the past but were abandoned when I was...