Planning Your Garden...

Planning your garden is a bit like planning to buy a new pair of shoes. You know you want to get black pair of shoes, but you also know that you have a whole lots of options. Heeks or no heels, and how high, straps or no straps and how wide….. it’s like that with planning your garden. You probably know basically what you want – whether it is a flower garden, a combination of vegetable and flower beds,...

Deviled Steak Recipe...

This steak is quick to prepare, doesn’t have to be marinated for a long time and cooks up beautifully! Ingredients: 1/4 cup of Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons of fresh copped rosemary leaves (or 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary leaves) 1 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 4 boneless strip loin steaks, each about 1 inch thick Directions: Mix mustard. rosemary, pepper and garlic. Cover...

Top Ten Tea Biscuit Recipes...

I love making tea biscuits any chance I get. They are quite suitable to be added to any meal and the sweet versions make a great after lunch or a dinner snack. Tea biscuits are incredibly easy and quick to make and that to me that is one of the most appealing attributes – not to mention that the aroma of freshly baked goods is always, always good! I have posted Prize winning Tea Biscuit Recipe quite a while ago...

Tips to Clean Your Bathroom...

If you are anything like me, you continuously wonder if your bathroom is clean enough. I was thinking why that is – after all – I do clean it regularly and thoroughly! Then it dawned on me: It is the one room where people who come to visit have time to look around and check out the details! So if there are dust bunnies in corners or behind the toilet…. You can pretend you don’t care –...

Spring Gardening Checklist...

If you are anything like me – and millions of others – you can’t wait to get out into your garden and start digging, cutting, pruning, planting and doing whatever needs to be done to make it best ever. Here I am sharing my To Do checklist with you – hope it will help you and motivate you! Spring Gardening Checklist: Start annuals, tomatoes and peppers from seeds indoors Start your summer flowering...