{Garden Life} Itching to get started

{Garden Life} Itching to get started

by | Mar 2, 2012 | Featured, Garden

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...
{Garden Life} Growing Stevia

{Garden Life} Growing Stevia

by | Feb 24, 2012 | Featured, Garden

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...
{Garden Life} Jump start on spring

{Garden Life} Jump start on spring

by | Feb 17, 2012 | Featured, Garden

The world around us has finally begun to thaw and I no longer need to wear long underwear, two shirts, a sweater and two pairs of socks when I’m inside our house. Seriously, it was COLD around here for the last few weeks — and I am so, so glad that...
{Garden Life} GrowVeg Garden Planning Software

{Garden Life} GrowVeg Garden Planning Software

by | Feb 10, 2012 | Featured, Garden

Happy Friday! This has been a rather long week for me as I’ve been trying to finally get a cold out of my system — and get Mackenzie over the same cold which was really not a fun one (sore throat, runny nose, congestion, hacking cough). But the weekend is...
{Garden Life} Garden Planning Pinspiration

{Garden Life} Garden Planning Pinspiration

by | Feb 3, 2012 | Featured, Garden

There have been some really useful things coming across my screen lately when it comes to planning your garden for spring — which I know will be just around the corner despite this wildly cold spell we are having here in Germany right now. Thinking of spring and...
{Garden Life} Why Heirloom is Worth It

{Garden Life} Why Heirloom is Worth It

by | Jan 20, 2012 | Featured, Garden

As you may recall, I recently went into a long dissertation about why heirloom seeds are important to our future when I was mentioned the Seed Savers Exchange. But if you’re not really sure what an heirloom seed or plant actually is, let me break it down for...