My Domestic Art

I like to use spring onions for cooking and garnishing, but can't seem to finish 1 entire pack bought from the supermarket. The pack of spring onions tend to go bad faster than I can use up. I have now stopped buying them, and grow my own instead. Firstly, they are easy and quick to grow. Secondly, they are much cheaper than buying from supermarkets. And most importantly, they are fresh and ready to be used as and when I need them. I use a lot of shallots in my cooking and always have some in the pantry. Often times, they start sprouting before I can finish them up. These are in fact perfect for growing into spring onions. I usually separate a bunch of them. If the shallots have started growing some roots below, they are even better as the growing process will be faster. Unfortunately, shallots that are already soft can't be used and better to chuck them away. Now all you have to do is get a pot of soil, plant the shallots into the soil, with the sprouts facing u

Christmas is really my favourite time of the year - I like the festivities and the bright lights and beautiful decorations all around me. We blare out Christmas music at home. We feel more relaxed and joyful. We have time to go on holidays and have fun adventures with the kids. I have time to cook at home and make some art with the boys. There's no stress of work or school. It is just a wonderful long break for all of us. And it's the perfect time to spruce up our little house, getting ready for the new year. Somehow we only manage to get the house organized and primped near to special occasions.  We've been meaning to get some orchids for our planter for months, but never got round to doing it, until now! I fell in love with these unique orchid colours when I saw them! 💚 Our white orchids that we've had for over 2 years are still growing strong. I also got these cute purple hanging orchids. They look so delicate... I hope they are easy to look