by Daisy | Mar 17, 2017 | Beverages, Fencepost, Recipes, Reviews
I’m a tea drinker. I brew a pot of tea every day, just for myself, sometimes two pots. If that isn’t enough, there’s tea bags to brew it by the cup. Several years ago, my blog partner/bud, Deanna, had one of her babies and we had a shower for her....
by Daisy | Jul 22, 2016 | Beverages, Recipes
I usually have a smoothie for breakfast, especially in the growing season when fresh greens and herbs are blowing up in the garden, and it’s too hot to want to stand in front of the stove. Since we keep the air very high, around 85+ degrees, we rely on fans to...
by Ivory Soap | May 20, 2016 | Beverages
America may have its legendary tale of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 (when Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty threw more than 340 chests of tea off three ships moored in Boston harbor), but when it comes to making the perfect cup of tea, it pays to look to the...
by Daisy | Oct 22, 2015 | Beverages, Recipes
I wanted a smoothie this morning that would give me a kickstart, so I gathered up spicy, tingly, hot, and tangy ingredients, along with a banana and yogurt to balance it all out. I also topped it off with a passionfruit, because I’m crazy for passionfruit and...
by Daisy | Jun 8, 2014 | Beverages, Recipes
I was feeling sort of yuck one afternoon; I think it was the weather, raining one minute and sunny, hot, and desperately humid the next. Then more rain. Stuck inside the house under those meteorological circumstances wasn’t doing me any good. I decided what I...
by Daisy | Jul 2, 2013 | Beverages, Recipes
I love herbal tea. I have an embarrassment of fresh herbs in my garden. It is summertime. Why have I been using dried up, store-bought tea bags year-round? I think maybe I tried fresh herbs as tea a few times and it turned out sort of watery and bland and I crossed it...
