As spring makes way for summer on the land where my feet stand at this point in time, colours of creation are introducing themselves sweetly. Winter-wizened trees have recovered and sprung fresh leaves as carpets of green fields roll out to welcome willing feet, happy pets and new broods of geese, swans, ducks and the […]
Growing food is a remarkable thing. It’s humbling and strengthening. It can soften a heart while building endurance. Gardening can teach you things without saying a word. It can be a healthy healing use of time and energy to produce more than food, flowers and vegetables. Being in creation listening to birdsongs while you water […]
The parish of St. Joseph is located on the eastern side of Barbados where the water is wild and the land is lush. It is home to Bathsheba, a fishing village and pro surf spot called “Soup Bowl” that also has some nearby sea-water pools carved out in coral reef steps away from the shore […]
Having access to real food is something to be thankful for, and growing food and cooking a meal with some or all of what you grow is a beautiful thing. Even if that looks like a few herbs in a cup on your kitchen sill, spinach or watermelon climbing up a fence or picking fruits […]
I love farming and cooking with fresh provisions, veg, herbs and edible flowers. Since moving on a farm and volunteering on another one in 2012, growing food has become a natural part of life. In the casita garden, there are trees like palms, moringa, sour sop, paw paw with mango, avocado and coconut in the […]
Swans, seagulls, geese, a shag bird and a frozen fountain are just some of the things you’ll see in the vlog coming up. Greetings sis, today’s post shares some easy-to-make vegetarian meals, a relaxing walk in a park, green juice making and a boatride by a river. I’ve been enjoying doing more video editing these […]
Soursop, full of nutrients yet low in calories and high in fibre, folic acid, protein and flavour. It’s a very juicy fruit but like the name says, not the sweetest yet still one of the healthiest natural foods that grows mostly in South America and The Caribbean. There’s a tree in the yard and I’ve […]
Ever since volunteering as a farmer for a year awhile back, gardening has become one of the beautiful additions to my life. Saving seeds, tending to plants, digging up soil, composting, watering, monitoring weeds and pests, moving stubborn rocks from future garden beds, hands in the earth tilling willing soil, lifting buckets of one things […]
Hi everybody, something special for you today. If you’ve been here awhile on the blog you might have seen the new link to the online shop pop up. Well, two of the sweet additions are English lavender and Ethiopian Frankincense infused in Golden jojoba oil there for you, but to get to that, first a […]
They’re coming for the remnants of the land she left for her children and grans again. My grandmother’s land in Barbados: the indigenous Kalinago one who helped raised me as a girl – Monica who everybody called ‘Mum.” Her roots trace from Barbados to Grenada, Salybia (Kalinago Territory), Waitukubuli Dominica and ultimately Africa. This fact […]