I'm inevitably prone to catching the knitting fever this time of year.  It's the crisp temperatures and the adding of layers... what...

The garden is all but finished for the year, just a lonely row of cabbages, kales and Brussels sprouts, along with a patch of frost hardy pa...

For the last three years we have been living in a conservative rural area, where the unemployment/ welfare and illiteracy rates are well ove...

We were graciously gifted this week with some treasures, to us anyway, another's throw-aways. We have been looking for a stationary bike...

In my post A conversation on ecological sustainability , I made these statements: "I no longer believe that over-population is the domi...

Boy, you can't beat homemade kraut! I have this revelation every time I try something homemade for the first time, that I had never real...

Penelope and Juniper are looking quite pregnant. The books say that most of the development happens in the last two months of prengancy, and...

Generating your own power is much like growing your own food. The first step is to change your relationship to your power, much like your re...