Grow

  • Better Late Than Okra

    My okra missed the memo on the growing season! 😂 It started strong indoors and come the nice spring weather, the okra even transplanted well into the garden. Only to get eaten in summer by some illusive creature. Now this… Continue reading

    Better Late Than Okra
  • First Successful Tomato Harvest

    Harvesting from my garden is one of my favourite times of the year. Not only can I avoid the grocery store, but also enjoying a meal with produce grown by myself is a great feeling. When I started having an… Continue reading

    First Successful Tomato Harvest
  • Purify My Intentions

    There’s point A and there’s point B. It’s easy to envision and to live in these moments: the where-we-want-to-be and the what-is-missing in the here and now. Snapshots in time. God gave us these dreams but we hold on so… Continue reading

    Purify My Intentions
  • Attempt to Save Seeds

    This year being the first year that I planted more annual flowers (cosmos, zinnias, calendulas, African daisies and marigolds), I wanted to try seed saving. The marigolds seem to be quite successful and abundant (even after I sort through all… Continue reading

    Attempt to Save Seeds
  • My Attempt at Journaling

    Around mid June, I felt God was saying to me to get pen and paper. And again later to write. But the feeling that came with the direction of writing was that this time it was to be on pen… Continue reading

    My Attempt at Journaling
  • Cilantro -> Stinging Nettle

    When cilantro turns into stinging nettle…. When you go to harvest some cilantro that you planted and can’t figure out why it’s so prickly….. Only to decide that you need to do some research because it certainly wasn’t that way… Continue reading

  • Picking Dandelions

    Picking dandelions as a farm kid was something my sister and I would do. Often followed by presenting our beautiful bouquet for our mom, who reluctantly put them in vase for display. Or casting whimsical wishes upon blowing the white… Continue reading

    Picking Dandelions
  • Moving Toward the Jordan

    A request two weeks ago about a skill that seemed far from my wheelhouse left me a bit reeling. It lined up perfectly with the topic of projected lies that I had been working through the very same week. Not… Continue reading

    Moving Toward the Jordan
  • Sowing Seeds: This or That

    Lately, I’ve slowly been working my way through Steven Furtick’s book “Do the New You”. God has been speaking to me through this book in a lot of ways. In one such chapter, Steven talks about a verse in Ecclesiastes.… Continue reading

    Sowing Seeds: This or That
  • Lavender Magic

    Fall vibes with a hint of lavender magic. Watching this beauty thrive as the seasons change. #LavenderLove #GardenMoments #FallVibes Continue reading

    Lavender Magic