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After six years of writing about growing food, cooking it, self-sufficiency and life in general, there are 1,695 articles with 25,060 additional comments from hundreds of visitors.
In addition our community forum has 1,640 topics with 70,285 posts, contributed by like minded people. 24 categories ranging from food and frugality tips, to crafts and fabrics.
It all adds up to a big library of useful and enjoyable information, with some fun and amusing elements mixed in. After all, we have to laugh in the face of life’s adversities.
We hope you find what you are looking for and join in by adding to the store of practical knowledge.
Assumptions can kill
Thank you so much for all your good wishes over the past few days. Your comments are a real tonic to be savoured. The trip to the doctor was worthwhile, the pain is now bearable, the lung infection is being tackled with the antibiotics and I’m happy to lie in bed and recover. Yes Codeine’s great buddy is Constipation. But a small overnight pill breaks up that friendship in a trice! Within a few hours of getting ill the world contracts to just a few essentials. The warm bed a boat in a sheltered harbour. The world outside the window is...
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To see what’s in demand right now, visit our Most Popular list.
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