As the plants they go we growing same way, new mercies fresh every day.
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Delicious, great, satisfying, healing, excellent: words the 5 of us used to describe the dish today’s guest is sharing with us. Our plates were handed to us as we sat under a chastity tree in the yard on an overcast afternoon. Homecooked ital food was on the menu for this creative family who invited us […]
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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 […]
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When an artist launches a career without comprising the essence of who they are, it becomes something beyond a business; it’s a way of life. That was clear as we walked through the open entrance and were met with the sun-bronzed back of Brian Talma watching the waves while waiting for us to arrive. In the background was […]
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Time…it’s one of the first things that comes up when many of us either think about nurturing ourselves, whether it’s stepping up our skin-or-hair care routine, eating better, getting more movement in, reading that book, or starting some other healthy habit. Yet, when we purposely carve out time or recognize moments that align with those […]
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Gardening is a moving meditation and workout but it’s also healthy for the mind. I find thoughts slow down to a more peaceful pace and the nature of them – amidst nature is often lighter than when we’re consciously working out. Another beautiful thing about the process of planting is the amazing fact that fruit, […]
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A Tropical Lifestyle Blog with singer, songwriter Indra. KINGDOM CALL album is here 