July 18th, 2011 | Gardens, Photo Galleries, blossom, cornplant, flower, spring
We had a special treat this year when our cornflower (whom we call Tom) burst into blossom! The fragrance was so delicious. The beautiful tiny white blossoms would open in the evening releasing this lovely smell and would close again in the morning.
May 22nd, 2011
It's that time of year to seed bomb the city! I found this basic recipe for seed balls on Heavy Petal, last year and it works great: 5 parts dry red clay* 3 parts dry organic compost 1 part seed** 1 – 2 parts water We used a 16oz. plastic cup as a measure, which made enough for approx ...
May 17th, 2011
Spring is a period of transition and this spring has been especially full of changes in my neck of the woods. I attribute it mainly to craniosacral therapy and the GAPS diet which we have been on for over a year now. The past couple weeks we ran out of probiotics (we take biokult twice a day) and ha ...
May 12th, 2011
Loved the cherry blossoms that were in full swing when we visited Portland. This slideshow features some of the fun food carts we stopped at during our weekend in Portland. The Dixon Rib Pit and Burgers or Bust were favorites. More about our food cart experiences here. ...
April 24th, 2011
Please join us May 1st at noon for the third annual Cedar Cottage Garden Spring Fling in Vancouver, BC! I am very excited and a little nervous because I am signed up to be a vendor for this event and will be selling my handmade aprons, to die for hazelnut truffles, homemade salves, soapnut laundry p ...
April 22nd, 2011
I have mentioned my incredible, brilliant, creative and imaginative sister before in passing, but I haven't really expressed how much she means to me. My parents adopted two children from Vietnam when they were married there during the Vietnamese war. The eldest one was adopted when she was about 4 ...
April 21st, 2011
Things have been crazy hectic the past couple of weeks and I haven't managed to post my regular Grain-Free Tuesday and World Food Thursday bloghops. I am really sorry about that. I will have them running again next week. In the meantime, I have been spending some time making lots of egg recipes and ...
March 25th, 2011
Since today is Lady Day, and I was just reading this beautiful information about planting a garden that is in tune with your own personal DNA, I had to share this information with all of you....I just learned about Anastasia yesterday over at The Bovine in a very interesting article about the origin ...
March 24th, 2010
"There are numerous ways in which the body rids itself of harmful materials, metabolic products and radiation. The liver, kidneys, intestine, skin, lungs -- all work in concert to rid us of everything harmful and superfluous. Anything that strengthens these organs is also strengthening the capacity ...
August 14th, 2009
In the spring the birds feast on the sumac as there isn't much else available. We had a nest under our porch and at one point there were three adult robins feeding these babies, which I thought was pretty strange, but I saw them all at once with insects in their mouths headed for the nest so I wasn' ...
