Homemade Vanilla Extract in Less Than 5 Minutes

Vanilla is my all time favourite spice!  There’s something luxurious, exotic and warm in the vanilla scent.  This might be why: vanilla plant belongs to the orchid family growing in tropical regions and is the second most expensive spice (saffron is…

Spring in Our Urban Garden

The days are getting longer, the soil is warming up: SPRING has arrived (in the southern hemisphere, that is)!

For now all our vegetables are growing in the container garden quite happily, as you can see below.  The reason is that our small…