{Garden Life} Get your garden started

    {Garden Life} Get your garden started

    Happy Friday everyone! The sun is shining here and it’s a beautiful Friday…but I don’t know whether or not I’ll be spending much time in the garden today because (a) it’s been quite chilly the last couple days and (b) I slipped while...
    {Garden Life} Itching to get started

    {Garden Life} Itching to get started

    It’s probably no secret by now that I am really starting to get a bit stir crazy about starting some seeds and getting our garden going. But there’s still some ground work that has to be done first. We need to boost up the soil in our beds in the courtyard...
    Well isn’t that peachy

    Well isn’t that peachy

    When I first read that the topic for You Capture this week was peaches, I was a bit stumped. The peaches on our trees won’t be coming around for months and I don’t even recall seeing any in our local market lately. Mangos for $6 each and pineapples for $8...
    {Garden Life} Growing Stevia

    {Garden Life} Growing Stevia

    Back in 2007, we started our first adventure into growing stevia. We had heard about this naturally sweet plant and just had to try it out. We’re avid iced tea drinkers, and we like it sweet. So we end up going through a whole lot of sugar in a month. Although...