One late afternoon we decided to see the pumpkin carvings done by the students over next town. It was a cold afternoon but it was a perfe...

Our local grocery store is flooded with eggplants and of course I stumble upon this recipe from a blog which I frequently visits. I thoug...

Yes, we survived the very first week of school. I am very excited to teach this year and to go to campus in the night. Children survived t...

Yes, I don't know what better way to explain this new interest or rather a process of mine. I have been navigating the int...

This is our first official Hydrangea bush and they were tiny when I first planted them. I love these mainly for two reasons one for the n...

For 2015, gathering was much better term mainly because we received few vegetables from our friends as well. Largely few neighbors who i...

Some plants stay with you no matter where you move. Our first butterfly bush is dead and gone in VA I have no idea what happened but ...

I still recall the day I saw this plant when I was in sixth or seventh grade. It was at one of my mother’s friends house. They had a bush ...

Our little chicks are no longer little chicks. They are getting bigger and yes I am certain I have two roosters.  One Plymouthrock and ...

I remember three years ago I started our own patch of vegetable garden. It was a raised bed and I frantically plated everything I can i...

This past winter had been a very harsh winter for New Englanders. Out lavender hedge is fairly young and the corner garden is about a ye...

Sorry for the long absent. Summer school, classes for little Nicolette, and everything in-between is kind of getting in the way of posting...

This is one of my favorite flowers that I look forward during spring. Not many bloomed in our yard this year. However, saw a lot in ou...

My very first trip to the nursery. I came home with two small crates of pansies. There is something magical planting these tiny plants. T...

It was wicked busy weekend, I drove across town to get grocery, to apple store, to bookstore, had lunch out, bought few things for myself...

I always use to buy the salad dressing because it is inexpensive, so many varieties, and and the convenience. There was this day I ra...

Kale, Beans, Quinoa, Roasted Beets, Carrots, Potato, and Hard Boil Eggs this has been my go to lunch bowl. Closer to work and when I...

Nicolette is going through a growth spurt, and running out of space with her belongings. During her six years we have accumu...

This is one of many fun activities you can plan with your child to do on any fall day, but it is best to plan this ahead so can ha...

Kale, Quinoa, Blackbeans, and fried Tofu