Recipes and lots more . . (click to open)
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.
And the winners of our Direct Line sponsored Grand Draw are….
Danny pulled out the two winners of the Direct Line/Cottage Smallholder Grand Draw this morning. Direct Line sponsored the prize of two B&Q £50 vouchers. He announced the winners at the end of the comments section of the post. Just in case you missed it, I thought that I’d put up a short post. The Grand Draw entries drew my attention to a lot of fabulous ‘new to me’ blogs and ideas as to how everyone would use a £50 voucher. As always, I want everyone to win – which of course is impossible. However, our Grand Draws are always...
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Valuable tip
People often arrive here looking for seasonal favourites.
To see what’s in demand right now, visit our Most Popular list.
It shows the most sought after recipes and topics of the past 7 days.





