By Andrea Pavee My time spent in nurturing gardening as a hobby as been a gift of untold benefits, which even today, continue to unfold. Prior to the pandemic, I was a hopeless gardener, and that is putting it mildly. One of my pandemic silver linings, has been the starting and nurturing of gardening asContinue reading “Gardening Lessons: Patience, Perseverance, Gift”
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Christmas Comes, But Once A Month?
By Andrea Pavee The familiar roar of the grass cutting machine always brings smiles of glee to my face since it heralds a “Christmas-time” for my garden. Bags and bags of fresh cut grass means a good feeding for my plants. Even better, this fertilizer is abundant and free – who could ask for more?Continue reading “Christmas Comes, But Once A Month?”
Creating Memories with Edible Forget-Me-Nots
Memories of family celebrations and reunions are precious. They stay with us and are our real imperishable treasures. Judy, who is in England, sent a photo of the lamb Genevieve, her daughter, cooked on Easter Sunday, with the following comment: “Sooo soft, it fell off the bone. Lots of spices, including cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, coriander.Continue reading “Creating Memories with Edible Forget-Me-Nots”
Easter and Fresh Starters
Easter Sunday, like Christmas, is celebrated in many countries around the world. Since Easter is a celebration of life, it is common to serve eggs as part of the celebration. I served fried eggs for breakfast and we will have chocolate eggs at the end of dinner. We received contributions to the blog from AndreaContinue reading “Easter and Fresh Starters”
Gardening Made Easy – The Money Plant
By Andrea Pavee Gardening never came easy to me. Whether it was the icky-ness of the soil, or my horror at worms and other soil bound critters, I just did not like it. It took a global pandemic to make me reconsider my somewhat entrenched opinion. When we went on lockdown last March, I gearedContinue reading “Gardening Made Easy – The Money Plant”
Gardening 360 Degrees
By Andrea Pavee Pruning is a staple in gardening. Every gardener, fledging or otherwise, has to get down and dirty with the job of snip-snipping. Plants flourish when pruned and watching new shoots grow goes a long way in bolstering a beginner’s confidence. As a fledging gardener, I found that watching my garden grow helpedContinue reading “Gardening 360 Degrees”
Nature’s Gift @Home – How Does your Garden Grow?
by Andrea Pavee When Covid-19 rolled across the world and wreaked havoc across countries, cultures, and peoples, Governments ostensibly initiated lockdowns to halt (at best), or stem (at least) the raging infections. Malaysia joined that bandwagon and our lockdown, colloquially known as the Movement Control Order (MCO), started on March 18. Little did we knowContinue reading “Nature’s Gift @Home – How Does your Garden Grow?”
A Bunch of Humble Wonders
What are humble wonders? They are the things you don’t give much thought to, but they add a whole load of flavour to your food (and life!). On Monday I found a potted plant by the gate and wondered what it was and what it was doing there. From the smell of the leaves, itContinue reading “A Bunch of Humble Wonders”
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