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Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to go out and cut fresh flowers for your own arrangements, attract butterflies and bees to your garden and have some beautiful, edible flowers to add to your dishes? This is all possible, with the right plants and a cutting garden. Cosmos, zinnias, gladioli, sweet peas, sunflowers are …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. $2.5M lotto win will help couple find mother in refugee camp Wow…now if this isn’t the best idea yet …
There is just something about a farmers market. The chance to chat and connect with the people who are growing your food or preparing your goods. The community feeling of greeting your friends and neighbours, sharing a coffee, or having a chance to catch up and share. There are a pretty special place. We are …
If you would have told Chanelle Jefferson a few years ago that her first book was going to be a cookbook, she may have laughed, still this Concordia student is set to launch her first book, My Nova Scotia Cookbook, later this week. From the time she was young, Chanelle Jefferson had always enjoyed painting, …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. Far from Amazon, LaHave River Books floats on traditional charm The story of this little book store and how …
Asparagus is one of the first seasonal plants to arrive each spring, in your garden and also at the market. If you have asparagus planted in your garden, they are a perennial and will produce year after year, but it does take 2-3 years for the plants to start producing. Asparagus, like most of our …
Things are ramping up around here. I’m spending more time outside working in the garden and just enjoying the spring weather…so lovely! This also leads to me dreading to have to come in and get supper ready or scrambling at the last-minute. Then there are the activities. My daughter has had a busy sports schedule this …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. Between Two Worlds OK…this is a little bit of a read, but an incredible story. The photos from her …
It’s just the beginning of BBQ season, which makes me crave some delicious, fall-off-the-bone ribs. This BBQ ribs recipe, though, calls for dry-rubbing the ribs and cooking them low and slow in the oven. The last few minutes the sauce is put on and you can finish them on the BBQ to get the nice …
It was time. It was probably past time, but I knew this year I wanted to make an investment in my business and there was an obvious answer I needed to consider. When I started Simple Local Life in 2015, I bought my domain name, got set-up and did a lot of DIY and figuring …