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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.
1500 posts and still running strong
This is my 1500th post! A bit of a milestone for me. When Danny installed the WordPress software on my web site and said, “Over to you…” I had no idea that I’d eventually find myself here. Looking back I don’t really know what I thought I was doing. Initially it was an exercise to build up my writing skills. Being a painter and decorator at the time was fascinating, people wise, but the work was not even in the shanty towns of brain expanding territory. That’s after I’d discovered how to negotiate a high ladder and tentatively...
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