Living with less stress part 3

Ready for some more tips on living with less stress? Here are 5 more tips for a stress free life.

Living with less stress part 2

Last week I shared 5 tips on preventing and dealing with stress. Here are 5 more tips to help you on the way to a stress free life.

Living with less stress part 1

Last night I came across an article about coping with stress and it made me realise I could totally do some of these, and so can you! So coming weeks I will share some great tips with you about avoiding and dealing with stress.

Paper pot maker

For my birthday this year, I asked for nothing more from my parents than a nice outing some time this spring/summer and for them to come by for some cake and coffee (all Dutch people know this ritual). But since my mom is the sweetest, she brought a present anyway.

My parents are getting used to my plant obsession and mom bought the perfect gift to start my growing season off: a paper pot maker!

Increasing raspberries

My raspberry plant

At the end of winter, my raspberry looks like a set of dead twigs in a jar. I always find myself worrying at this stage. The first jets of sunshine are hitting my garden, the birds are singing, and my precious plants look dead. All but the grass between the tiles as you can see....

Project 333 Spring 2016

Daylight is increasing, the sun shines more and more and tiny specks of green are popping up in the garden. Even though it is still cold, spring is definitely around the corner. Today I will show you which items I will be my spring capsule for 2016!

Project 333 Autumn 2015

Autumn has been slow to start this year so my wardrobe switch is a little late.
Thanks to a wonderful vacation to Greece we got to enjoy a little more summer and thus my summer wardrobe got an extended stay.

Now temperatures are dropping in Dutchy land, foggy mornings are a thing again and I longed for scarves and vests and darker colours. 

Project 333 summer 2015

With summer approaching, I have completed my first year of living with a project 333 wardrobe. I feel like I have a better sense of what I like to wear, actually wear and need now. 
Turns out, though I like them, I do not wear or need lots of dresses, shoes and accessories. 

Rhubarb tiramisu

When you have a beautiful rhubarb in your garden and it is producing like a little champ, rhubarb tiramisu is a little piece heaven to celebrate spring.

Rhubarb

This sour Asian plant is one of my favorites in my garden. He lasts through the winter without special care and starts producing vibrant red stalks as soon as spring arrives.
Today I will share with you my tips on maintaining and multiplying a rhubarb plant!

Project 333 spring 2015

Spring is around the corner so this means a new capsule wardrobe! Curious which 33 items will grace my closet these 3 months? 
Selecting 23 basics means I only had to pick 10 more items for my spring 2015 capsule. Today I will show you these 10 items!

Project 33 wardrobe basics spring 2015

Since my last project 333 I have been working on my basic items. Today I will show you all my 23 basics!

Project333 Winter 2014

Project 333 is going so well for me, I have decided to take a new step in simplifying my wardrobe.
I am going to work with a basic wardrobe of 24 items which I will work with all year round. Still holding on to a limit of 33 items means I can supplement it with 9 seasonal items.
Today I will show you which items will make up my basic collection and which items will be my winter add-on's.

Spring flower fiesta with bulbs

The weather is getting colder. The heater is on in the house. Fall is creeping up on me. 

I have been cleaning out containers, harvesting the last bit of greens and preparing for frost.

Which may come with a vengeance, of may not come at all. It is still Dutchy land out here and sometimes Christmas is warmer than spring.

Either way, my garden is prepared and I am already longing for spring to start over.

To keep me from sinking into a full winter depression, I am planting a little gift for myself to look forward to.

When March will hit and it will seem like the world will never be green again, there will be flowers to lift my spirits.

Project 333 Autumn edition

I can't believe it has been over 3 months ago I started project 333.

I also can’t describe the joy it has brought me. I no longer feel the need to buy new clothes all the time and I spend way less time getting ready in the morning.

Today I am sharing with you my project333 2.0 fall edition.

How project 333 inspired me to minimise my house

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Life has been a mess, which has caused me to stop writing for a while. Now the light is shining at the end of the chaotic dark hall, I find the need to write about my progress again.

As I told you in my previous post about my project 333 experiment, a move was on the horizon. 

Little did I know, the move was not only close, it was just around the corner. The last few months this move has occupied my days. More so because project 333 inspired me to make this move more than moving my stuff to a new location. It was time for a fresh start.

Project 333: how I reduced my wardrobe to 33 items

Recent changes in my life have caused me to re-evaluate all my stuff. I spend a good amount of my free time reading minimalist blogs and I fell in love with the idea of a lighter life. Not having so much stuff should create more (emotional) freedom. Not owning stuff means not worrying about that stuff, not having to maintain it, not having to clean it, not having to store it, not having to move it. The list goes on and on.

How to get rid of goutweed without losing you sanity

Wow, I have been super busy! Two weeks ago, I was wondering if I would EVER get to eat something from my garden, now it is almost like I can’t keep up. My leaf-lettuce was ready for harvest so I tossed it in a salad, I got to pick my first mini garden pea (I ate it on the spot) and my radishes are getting nice and plump.

The first strawberries are visible and the blueberries are turning blue. I put my brusselsprout babies outside, but they don’t seem to like me very much. I bought some andive plants and a couple of herbs which I put in a strawberry container. My garden is actually starting to look like a garden. Lovely.

In addition to my tiny container garden, I’ve been helping out a friend with bigger garden challenges. The first time I got to help was nice and easy. Some spring cleaning and happy chatting away in early spring sunshine. 

Delouse your garden with ladybugs

On a warm spring day, I was pleasantly surprised by my first lady bug sighting of this year. Ladybugs are considered lucky in many cultures, and no wonder! These little lucky miracles protect our plants form aphids. 

Don’t let their cute as a button looks deceive you, ladybugs are ferocious predators. A single ladybug can eat over a hundred aphids a day!

How to grow awesome strawberries

 In my little garden I have a square meter raised bed which I filled with some of my favorite summer fruit; strawberries! Oh the joy of a fresh picked strawberry on a warm summer day. And strawberry jam. And strawberry tart. And strawberries for desert. Yes I love strawberries.

I bought some strawberries at the start of spring last year, and didn’t get any strawberries of them. I was so sad and blamed my poor gardening skills, until I learned that strawberries usually need a year to settle.

In my ‘oh why art thou not growing’ quest I found some more very useful tips. I am sharing my top 5 with you today.