Gardening 101 - Part Three : Good Bugs vs Bad Bugs and Common Diseases

In the last installment of Gardening 101 we discussed soil profiles, compost and germination. So now your garden is growing, you have flowers all over your plants and even little fruits here and there when suddenly you spot a huge hole in a leaf on your eggplant, you lean in a little closer and...

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The Wheel of the Year - Yule

Welcome to the longest night of the year! Yule is the original Christmas and many of your favorite traditions are probably derived from this Pagan holiday. Today we will discuss the history of the sabbat, how its celebrated today and how you can join in! ...

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RECIPE : Perfect Omelette

I love omelettes, they're just so versatile! You can make them sweet or savory and stuff them filled with veggie cheesy goodness. Omelettes are notoriously tricky to make and one wrong move will have you turning your omelette into scrambled eggs so today I will be providing you with a few tips...

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My art & life + shop updates.

Big things are happening here at The Sunny Alcove! The coming year will be a big one and hopefully an amazing successful one! I will be opening up the etsy shop (finally), officially launch the patreon page (but you can support me now before the official launch too!), and hopefully be able...

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RECIPE : Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Goat Cheese.

This has been one of my very favorite recipes since the first time I tried it when a guest brought this dish to Christmas dinner at my brothers house a few years back. Ever since I started making this for every party and holiday dinner! I think the reason this dish became my appetizer go-to is...

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Gardening 101 - Part Two : Soil. Compost. Planting and Garden Maintenance

In the last installment of this gardening series we covered the bare basics - what to plant and how to choose. The advice I gave in the last installment focused primarily on winter gardening, but I  have decided that for the rest of this series I would keep things more general to make it more...

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Gardening 101 - Part One : Garden Basics, Winter gardens and Seeds

Today is the first day that it actually feels like winter in Florida. The sky is wholly gray and there's a wonderful chill in the air - I love it! One of the best parts, in my opinion, of living in the south is year round gardening. No matter what time of year it is there is something you can grow!  ...

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There's no worries on the earth tonight, we're all walking off the world tonight - Journal

` Happy Veterans' Day to all the men and women who have served our country;  thank you for all of your past and present sacrifices.  Sincerely, I am so grateful for you.  That being said, it is Saturday - 11/11. It is unnervingly close to my 27th birthday. I never liked birthdays...

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AMA - Ask a Witch : The 2017 Edition

More often than not when someone new finds out that I am a practicing Pagan they react one of three ways; they roll their eyes at the idea of witchcraft comparing it to something akin to what they know from sci-fi movies and fantasy novels rather than an actual Religion, they are fearful and attempt...

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