The children in the UK go back to school this week. Some won’t be able to wait to get there, others will be waking up with ‘tummy ache’, crying at the school gate and ‘putting …

If you haven’t got a garden and fancy a bit of the self sufficient Good Life on our green and pleasant land, then this is your week to get started. It’s National Allotments Week!
National allotments …

We’ve had a few rainy days here and Little Miss Green has been resisting all forms of school work recently. So, what to do apart from a little art to soothe the nerves and stroke …

I read yesterday that more that three-quarters of parents in the UK admit that their children are tempted to play indoors with computer games and dvds rather than play outside.
As a result parents said …

What better thing to do on a wet, rainy, grey day than bring some colour into our lives?
Little Miss Green loves anything to do with art. Unfortunately, my ‘art’ extends to stick figures on a …

Earlier I was writing up a post about our day when I received a call from a friend. I spent half an hour learning  about the needs of home educating families in Zimbabwe.
While our children …