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The bees seem to have settled in nicely now, so I can tell you about the asparagus. I harvested some last Saturday morning and thought I...

Last night I had to put the remaining four frames into the hive, so duly put on my veil hat and gloves and headed for the hive. Feeling lazy...

Yesterday evening I went to empty the compost bin and on my way back to the house, noticed a swarm of honey bees in the pear tree. Mega-exci...

I can hardly believe it's a week since my last post. A combination of being busy during daylight and tired after dark! Apart from my usu...

At long last, I procured a copy of Al Gore's The Inconvenient Truth and my beloved and I sat transfixed two nights ago, watching it. I...

Isn't it interesting that at a time when we are increasingly concerned about climate change and sustainable living, that world economies...

Many of you are dehydrating food in order to preserve it. In a conversation recently with the Shibaguyz , I promised to post pictures of my ...

I receive daily emails from the Australian Meditation Society . Here are a few recent ones for you: Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - Everybody c...

After surviving (cross fingers!) two exams today, I wandered out into the garden to clear my head late this afternoon. Here are some of the ...

Many of you are looking at being self-sufficientish, so thought you may be interested in hearing about some basic herbs to plant in your gar...

Well, the energy and water bills are in for this quarter, so it's time to make a comparison with the same period last year. Our consumpt...

Many people can have problems with candida (yeast) infections without knowing it. Symptoms can include recurrent thrush and/or urinary tract...

Wheat-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free Date Loaf This sounds somewhat impossible and you may wonder if it is actually edible, but I assure you t...

I snuck out into the garden this afternoon after class and took a few snaps to show you. In the vege patch Here are the snowpeas ready to ge...

I didn't get done anywhere near what I had wanted, but the snow peas are now weeded, hilled and mulched, with a few parsnip seeds and ca...

A few of you are planting Elders and I am soooo glad. They are a veritable medicine chest, although not all parts are used these days. Here ...

My dear man asked me why I had a ready supply of vodka that I could use for the strawberry liqueur. Well, the answer was for herbal tincture...

We picked up some strawberry "seconds" at the farmer's market last weekend and I thought I'd make a few pots of jam. Well,...

Inspired by the Crone's Mount Mulch , I decided to get the shredder out of the shed on the weekend and convert some prunings into mulch....

While I was taking the cats for a walk early this morning (between about 5:45 and 6:15am), there was a partial lunar eclipse. The earth was ...