Basil is an exceptionally easy herb to grow and an excellent choice for beginner gardeners. As easy as it is, it still need some special TLC to get the best out of your plant. First thing to note is that basil loves water and watering your basil regularly will keep it flourishing. However, you do … Continue reading Basil
Life is literally like a roller coaster. The ups and downs can be hard to deal with sometimes. I find myself periodically searching for the motivation, or the willpower, to keep going strong. Other times, I get rolling and keep trekking up that hill with all of the determination in the world. I find myself … Continue reading Roller Coaster
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we have lost our connection to ourselves.” -Andy Goldsworthy
Recently we have had quite a few black widows making their home across our front porch every night. The mama spider hatched a ton of babies out of about three egg sacks she had nestled under one of our shutters. This created a big problem because instead of the one black widow, we ended up … Continue reading Easy Spider Repellent
Part 2: Celery Everyone is looking for ways to upcycle and recycle old and broken things, but how about recycling kitchen waste? Yes, you can compost it and give the nutrients back to your garden. However, let’s take a moment to be creative and explore regrowing kitchen scraps into new plants. Celery, among other common … Continue reading Regrowing Kitchen Scraps Pt.2
This is definitely an old piece of art. I drew this in my sophomore/junior year of high school for my art class.The project was a “grid drawing”. It was this project that taught me so much about shading, highlights, and dimensions.This is where I began to see the way that artists see the world; how … Continue reading Captain Jack Sparrow
Doodles are a huge part of my artistic life. This may seem like a silly statement, but doodles are where ideas are born. Some of my best works have started as doodles and sometimes the doodles become the works themselves. Below is a doodle I had drawn a few years back. I never made it … Continue reading Entangled
In the last few months I have learned quite a bit about the Cucurbitaceae family of plants. Consisting of nearly a thousand plant species, this family includes, but is not limited to, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkins, and gourds...to name a few. While I have been growing my fair share of zucchini and cucumbers, I still … Continue reading Cucurbits
As a beginner gardener, I love sharing all of the things I learn through my experiences, successes, and failures. Propagating strawberries was probably one of the coolest things I learned this year with our garden. I chose ever-bearing strawberries for my first time, since they produce less fruit over a longer period of time. Once … Continue reading Propagating Strawberries
My personal verdict on digital media art...it’s so much fun! My skill level of digital art...pretty much zero. But, that’s ok. Art is about expression, trying new things, and letting the critics do their job and have their opinions. The newest piece I created looks almost like a 5-year-old’s painting. Again, that’s ok. I’m learning … Continue reading Springtime
