Happy Easter! In my house, the kids are already drooling over the thought of all that chocolate; my husband is already daydreaming about what he will achieve in his couple of days off; my mother has not mentioned dinner or lunch (lest she get stuck with the huge amount of work involved); and I...

At 8:30pm this Saturday, people around Australia will switch off for Earth Hour 2012, signalling their awareness of climate change and the need for action. For the last three years, Canberra has had the highest participation rate of any Australian capital city – in 2010, 52% of the ACT...

Part 1 of Bec Pollock’s guide to raising chooks at home went down a treat…if you’ve been paying attention, you should know why Bec’s family wanted backyard chooks, the type of chook house they wanted, the breeds of chook they were after, and why they decided to get...

For Urban Homesteaders like ourselves, it is the busy season. As the cold weather began to ease up at the end of last year, the planning, potting up and propagating began. I bared my white legs in shorts, pulled on my gardening gloves, and started imagining all the delights the garden would...

I do enjoy celebrating the Festive Season, Summer and the end of the calendar year. There are things about this time of year that annoy me, but we still participate in many festivities, like giving gifts, eating good food, listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas movies, putting...

There are many reasons to encourage kids to get into gardening. It is so educational, plus they can have fun, do exercise, get outdoors, be involved in a family activity, learn how to problem solve, and feel proud of their accomplishments! Growing some of their own organic food can help kids...