Last weekend we visited a local private property along with about twenty other people as part of the  Transition Towns Movement . It was a ...

Frugality - also known as Make Do And Mend I have some nifty little frugal tricks, some of which I don't let out in public, but seeing...

So first up - how did my fruit leathers turn out from the Solar Dehydrator? (Previous post) Woohoo - look at this! Rhubarb & apple...

A few posts back I let on that I intended to make a solar dehydrator, like this one that I found pictured in Mother Earth News . (The instru...

This recipe, which I found in The Ultimate Vegetarian Cookbook, by New Zealanders Alison and Simon Holst, is a winner. It's quick and ...

Derek's two daughters are fondly referred to by me as Sniffy and Sneezy, the Allergy Sisters. This time of the year (Spring in New Zeala...

We had a young English family member visiting last week and she was telling me that she would like to paint, but can never think what to ...