Path to Self Sufficiency

After a miserable day yesterday 2007 is going out with a glorious sunset. The top picture shows it as from our terrace in Ponzano. However t...

‘” It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?” ’ Quote attribute...

I wonder how you have all spent Christmas? Let us know. I tell you what we did. Christmas day I woke up early with a bit of a sniffle, sort ...

The forecast was for 3 days rain in a row, starting from today. Looking out of the window we saw it threatening over the sea, but that gave ...

Monday and Tuesday winter really had arrived even here. There was an icy wind, gale force at times, which left us huddled around our firepla...

Yesterday and today the weather has turned decidedly chilly with a stiff easterly breeze sweeping the country. Yesterday we had a quick look...

Above you see two of the many uses for bamboo, another new series on these pages. On top the leaves are used as mulch to suppress weeds betw...