Of all the annual herbs to plant, Basil Is Summer's Loudest Member of the Garden and a delicious one at that. PIN Basil, Summer's Loudest member Of The Garden Quality counts when there are few ingredients in a recipe. EVERYTHING, every flavor is discernable. Théa Premium Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil features only Koroneiki...
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Gaze Upon Green: A Springtime Basket How-To
There is nothing like breathing freshness into 'indoor air.' Try a Springtime Basket. This faux nest makes the perfect woodland scene in my springtime basket appear all the more real. Click images below for pricing. There is nothing like breathing freshness into indoor air, so Gaze Upon Green and assemble a Springtime Basket. While still...
Quick Sweet Pickled Summer Vegetable Relish
Ma'am Cave and Not Entirely Average, a blog collaboration! If you are a gal who 'owns' your grays, your wrinkles, and your sags proudly, then you will embrace the witty writings and confident advice from friend and fellow blogger Debra Blair and her website, Ma'am Cave! Debra hails from the great state of Massachusetts where...
Oven 'Sun-dried' Tomatoes
Be sure to check out the SALES and CLEARANCE items on kitchen, home, and garden finds from my favorite home furnishing, food, and gift retailers 🙂 A bumper crop of cherry tomatoes makes for sweet, scrum-delyicious Oven 'Sun-Dried' Tomatoes to be used on everything from homemade pizza to chicken cutlets in tomato cream. Best part is,...
A Simple Rose Arrangement
Be sure to check out the SALES and CLEARANCE items on kitchen, home, and garden finds from my favorite home furnishing, food, and gift retailers 🙂 I am posting just before Valentine’s Day, as this the holiday with all its boxes of chocolate and paper hearts, has inspired me. Wish you had the flair to...
A Beautiful Fall Arrangement
Be sure to check out the SALES and CLEARANCE items on kitchen, home, and garden finds from my favorite home furnishing, food, and gift retailers 🙂 I am by no means an expert but like consider myself to be an enthusiastic flower “hobbyist”. Nothing brings a house to life like fresh flowers, and while buying...
The Argument for Herbs
Be sure to check out the SALES and CLEARANCE items on kitchen, home, and garden finds from my favorite home furnishing, food, and gift retailers 🙂 As a home cook and a food blogger, I am a big proponent of fresh food, the home garden, and the argument for herbs. As a home cook and...
My Romance With Weathered Containers
THIS POST ORIGINALLY DEBUTED NOVEMBER 2018, AND WITH OVER 10,000 VIEWS, IS NOW UPDATED & REPUBLISHED JULY 2020 - ENJOY! They sentry our gardens for decades, silently declaring "I have endured the severest of which Mother Nature has directed my way." The allure of things 'aged' and my romance with weathered containers began for me...
The Southern Porch - Subtle Flamboyancy
I'm a proponent of 'no matter what you do or do not have, make the best of it and do it up LARGE.' I say this in large part because the current home I occupy is somewhat stifling from a designers standpoint. I have high double porticoes in the front which, while aesthetic, limit their...
