Mikhailah's Profile

Living here in Barbados since the summer of 1994, with my husband and 3 sons. Born and raised in the UK. I love gardening, especially vegetable growing.

I play electric guitar at my church, and I am the worship team leader.

I'm a web designer and portrait artist. Love working with colour and using dry pastels to create lifelike portraits from photographs.

Favourite Movies: You've Got Mail, Frequency, As Good As It Gets.

Favourite Singers: Chris Rice, Sara Groves

Hobbies: Playing guitar, Art Projects, Gardening, Travelling.

Favourite Colours: Yellow, Purple

A Gardener's Diary - Finding my way again
Haven't 'blogged' for close on a year now, the reason being, I came back from the UK early Oct. last year and the garden was a mess, no one took care of it at all. :( So I decided to just let it go, and I did! I missed my gardening a lot. I just kept...

A Gardener's Diary - The Day of the Pumpkin!
Wow, I've been away for ages! Hope someone missed me?! The garden seems to almost be taking care of itself right now, almost.... The romaine is growing nicely, green and healthy, leaves are getting big. The oak leaf lettuce is so much stronge...

A Gardener's Diary - Tropical Wave has just about gone!
I think that tropical wave we had has officially heralded the rainy season here. June begins the hurricane season which ends in November. I haven't been in the garden for a few days now. I've just been observing fro the window. The 'red pear' ...

A Gardener's Diary - Tropical Wave, just passin' through!
Well, we're seeing the tail end of a tropical wave here. Happens everytime, I plant some potatoes and we have a deluge of water. Hopefully this planting will survive, they're only a few inches tall. Last time they turned yellow, then brown, then...

A Gardener's Diary - Observations
My California Reds onions are beginning to surface now, I was worried that the sun was drying out the soil before they could germinate, but that's not the case. I pulled up another cuke plant so now I have one left, growing up the bean trellis. I ...