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...
Imagine this if you can… You move to a new country and some of the first things you buy are a washing machine and a kitchen (a topic I will later get into), but not a car. And you don’t move your car over with you either. But you’ve grown up in a...
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...
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...
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...
Over the last few years, I have gotten more and more emails from people who want to move to Germany or other places in Europe but would appreciate a bit of advice before they take the leap. From singles to entire families, there are a wide range of folks who want...