Shield your skin this summer

Shield your skin this summer

by | Jun 15, 2011 | Family, Garden

When I received an email from the PR department at Skin MD, telling me all about their Skin MD Natural line and their super hydrating Shielding Lotion, I was really intrigued. The winter was rough on my hands; and I’m sure that any housewife will agree that...
Shield your skin this summer

E. coli and growing your own

by | Jun 6, 2011 | Aromatherapy, DIY, Food, Garden

The last few weeks of shopping here in Germany have been interesting. You’ve likely heard by now that in Germany there has been an Escherichia coli (my favorite bacteria, BTW, because of the amusing name) outbreak and for about two weeks now, no one has had a...
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10 Things I’d Like to Grow This Year

by | May 17, 2011 | Featured, Food, Garden

I can’t believe it’s the middle of May already and I have yet to put one seed in the ground! I had such good intentions, but we’ve been quite swamped with work and visitors and traveling and LIFE! But I still hope that one of these days soon, I will...
Garden plans and a play house

Garden plans and a play house

by | Mar 10, 2011 | Family, Garden, House & Home

After throwing around a few ideas that we have for our garden, we’ve decided we definitely need to get our butts in gear. It’s starting to be a bit warmer during the day, and we’ve had lots of wonderful sunshine. We’ve got seeds to plant, a...
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How to build a cold frame for the salad table

by | Mar 4, 2011 | Featured, Garden

In 2009, when winter just seemed to be dragging on forever, we decided to build a cold frame for our beloved salad table so that we could extend our growing season just a bit. We’ve actually had lamb’s lettuce and spinach growing (oh so slowly) in there...