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.
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We changed our old WordPress theme recently. We wanted a new look and a responsive theme that could adapt to every size of screen from a desktop huge monitor to a tiny mobile. I love the new theme SimplePress – it has a lot of fantastic features that mean I can sometimes help Danny with the task of maintaining the techie side of the blog. Changing the theme of an old WordPress blog can be fraught with difficulties. There are a few idiosyncratic features that we wanted to maintain from the old blog – and these need coding skills to...
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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.





