Rhubarb is a perenial and grows every year. It is the gift that keeps on giving and my crown of rhubarb will probably outlive me. It is at least 25 years old, probably older as [...]

For a long time, I thought simple living meant leaving. Leaving the noise, the pressure, the constant feeling of being behind. I imagined in my dreams a small cabin somewhere quiet, maybe a bit of [...]

Much of modern life is organised around the assumption that more is naturally better. We have more possessions, more convenience, more options, more improvements to makes. The idea appears so often that it begins to [...]

To provide myself with food at low cost, I tend to look back in history rather than have a modern food cupboard. Lots of people would probably open my pantry and think how boring my [...]

I have been thinking back to my childhood in the 60s and 70s lately. It dawned on me how many ordinary services have disappeared in my lifetime, and how much daily life has changed because [...]

I had been given some short date cream last week. With it I made garlic butter, some icecream, and used the rest to make mini trifles. Trifle was always a pudding served at Christmas or [...]

I had forgotten to take anything out of the freezer, and didn't feel like cooking. My lettuces and green leaves are just beginning to be ready to harvest but I decided to make a salad [...]

Nature is my safe space. It is where I escape to when times are hard. By the time Easter arrives, something has usually shifted, even if the weather remains cold and uncertain. The light lasts [...]