It is a common assumption that successful gardening is depending on a green thumb. Some people have the ability to grow a great garden, and some don't. People with a green thumb can grow almost anything in any climate. If you don't have a green thumb, you might be able to develop one if you study ...
Thoughts
Making Progress on One Thing a Day
Making progress on one thing a day that matters to you helps you to accomplish more without feeling overwhelmed. It is called the Progress Principle, and it is empowering. I have been using this for years in many different situations not knowing that this is a thing that science backs up. This ...
Cookbooks to Start a Plant-Based Diet
We are sometimes being asked if it was hard for us to change to a plant-based diet. Our answer is no and it has two reasons. For one we are both people who do not mind to try something new and for two there are great cookbooks to start a plant-based diet. The list of plant-based cookbooks is ...
Thoughts on the whole-food plant-based diet
If you follow us on social media you might have noticed that we talk about the whole-food plant-based diet more often. I thought it was time to share our thoughts on the whole-food plant-based diet, what is it, why eat healthily, and the challenges that come with it. What is a whole-food ...
Hoar Frost and Rime Ice Beauty
A blogging friend from Texas was sharing her December garden update. Greens and herbs along with some tomatoes are happily growing there. Really!? I mean it looks great, just like our garden in - July! I am trying hard not to be jealous. Our garden is covered in hoar frost. I told her that. She ...
The Fun of Gardening
A fellow gardener sent me this story and I just loved it. It shows so much of the FUN of gardening - how gardening can even change a person. Enjoy the read! Yes, gardening IS fun. I have a friend in Michigan who said she could not be LESS interested in gardening and actually starts laughing when I ...
Northern Spring
Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. I like all seasons, but the celebration of new life is just so special. The problem I have with the northern spring though is that it feels more like a second winter, not spring. Frost almost every night till late May, snow every now and then, overcast ...
One Year of Blogging
Happy 1st birthday, my little blog! Yes, November 2011 I started the adventure of blogging in English. It has been quite a year! It IS hard work for me, but since it is about something that I love to do it still is fun. Thank you! Even though my main reason for the blog was to improve language ...
Anti-Cancer Foods: Go Cruciferous
There is no doubt that eating lots of fruits and vegetables, along with berries, nuts, seeds, etc. is healthy, but not all of them are equally protective against cancer. There is one family that is especially protective: the cruciferous (cabbage-family) vegetables. What is so special about ...
My first post :)
Ta-da! There it is, my English Blog! I have bin thinking about blogging in English for quite some time now. Writing is just such a powerful tool to improve language skills. I had to learn this the hard way. When we as a family moved to Virginia, USA for a year, I hardly spoke any English. It was ...