For 2020 we are kicking off Herb of the Month with the International Herb Association’s Herb of the Year –…

January in the Garden
The midsummer garden… If all went well with your planning and planting in spring, this is the month in which…

Pull-apart Herb Bread with Parmesan
This easy to bake pull-apart herb bread is as delicious as it looks. It will definitely impress whenever you decide…

BioAssay – midway point
If you’ve been following my blog posts, Facebook feed and Instagram, you’ll know that I had the misfortune of buying…

Portraits of plants damaged from herbicides in compost/soil/manure mix
These are actual images of plants I have grown this season (Spring/Summer 2019) in compost and “veggie mix” bought from…

Bath Fizzies a.k.a. bath bombs
Bath fizzies, or bath bombs, are little semi-hardened blocks of good-for-you Epsom salts, baking soda and citric acid – the…

WEEK IN RETROSPECT 2019 – WEEK 7 & 8 (12 OCTOBER – 25 OCTOBER)
Warning – this is in entirety a moan post. But I did promise to share the good and the bad.…

WEEK IN RETROSPECT 2019 – WEEK 6 (5 October – 11 OCTOBER)
October! October! A truly beautiful month. With spring truly sprung, there’s birds chirping, bees buzzing, lambs jumping through dandelion fields,…
Week in Retrospect 2019 – Week 4 & 5 (21 September – 4 October)
Last weekend I was down and out with a head cold, and just did not feel up to doing…

Week in Retrospect 2019 – Week 3 (14 September – 20 September)
Three weeks into spring, and things are going well. Albeit a bit slower than I’d like – not the plants’…