by Tiffany | Jul 29, 2013 | Garden
Here in our apartment in Berlin, we currently only have a limited number of plants growing. I’ve managed to keep a store-bought basil plant alive in our kitchen window for the last few weeks, which feels like a huge accomplishment since it seems that most...
by Tiffany | Jun 27, 2013 | Garden
During the summer, the warm heat outside tends to raise the temperature inside the house. Bugs require a warm place of residence and shelter from the boiling sun, so your home becomes a welcome accommodation for them. Termites, cockroaches, slugs, ants and every other...
by Tiffany | Mar 8, 2013 | Featured, Garden, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Did you know that your herb garden is not only useful for cooking and medicinal reasons? Herbs have many other uses and have long been used in making dyes. You can use them to dye your own fabrics, yarns, and more, as well as use it to make hair dyes. And of course,...
by Tiffany | Jan 11, 2013 | Featured, Garden
We’ve all been there. You plant some new flowers or delightful little seedlings in the ground, excited that the growing season is starting out and you’ll soon have delicious fruits and vegetables ripening on the vine. You water them and make sure they are...
by Tiffany | Dec 7, 2012 | Featured, Food, Garden
Farmers’ Markets are really great places to find local products and support local businesses. Although not everything you find there will be handmade and grown local (unless the market you visit only permits local goods,) you are certain to find a very wide variety of...
by Tiffany | Nov 9, 2012 | Garden
Hi, my name is Tiffany…and I am a book junkie. I love books and the fact that you can learn a lifetime worth of information from one book and be able to go back and reference it time after time, generation after generation. Don’t get me wrong, I love the...