16 Apr 2019
Take a venture with me, to my first balcony garden in celebration of Earth Day!
Many years ago I built an entire vegetable garden all by my-small-self. Three tiered. Stones for...
09 Oct 2017
Wanda had a sex change. His name is now Wand.
Our fish are not happy campers. We are pouring silent killers down the drain. Our poor fish are undergoing sex changes and it is not...
15 Jul 2017
Growing up, I was never one to enjoy the bug life. Call it societal conditioning, as movies and media ingrained the heebeegeebees coursing through my veins at the sight of all...
11 Feb 2016
Honey, I’m home!
Every home should celebrate a jar of honey.
Spread it on toasts and breads. Sweeten your biscuits, cakes and muffins.Dress your ham, coat your pork ribs,...
22 Jun 2015
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.E. O. Wilson
Last year was...
10 Sep 2014
Lavender is powerful. Lavender is renowned around the world.
Lavender is rich in its aromatherapy. These aromatic molecules called esters pacify and calm. I remember a screaming...
30 Oct 2012
Worried that the snow will be soon be flying and the ground will be frozen hard? Don’t despair, there are still a few weeks left for those of us who keep putting off the...
21 Jul 2012
Gene Stone’s book, ‘The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick’ is an inspiration. In each chapter, whether it be on ‘napping’, cold showers, friendship or garlic, Gene Stone...
13 Mar 2012
In one week it will officially be spring…..though in most parts of Canada it feels like spring has been with us off and on all winter (I am told the apple trees have already...
01 Aug 2011
Water Wise Gardening
Here in Eastern Canada (Montreal) we are fully immersed in the dog days of summer. After a cool, damp spring that left most of the region water-logged and...
