I was born and raised in a small island called Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean Island. We enjoy full sun 365 days a year and live very close to clear blue sea and warm sand. Curaçao has a population of approximately 165.000 inhabitants. As a small island, we mainly import our food, which lead to high prices in the supermarkets for basic fruit and vegetables.

This mainly, combined with our first lock down in 2020, inspired me to start my own backyard gardening. This quickly became a big passion of mine and I would never go back! Being self-sustaining and conscious about food waste became a big aspect of my everyday living.

It’s still mind blowing for me to see how we can sow a small seed and get food, which we can eat and nurture our families with. It took me several tries and failures before I could successfully harvest, which is why I decided to make this website, in order to share my experience and knowledge with others who are also considering starting their own backyard gardening.

I believe that there is a lot that we can plant and harvest at our small island, but we have the tendency to continue growing the standard crops, of which we know will succeed 100%. In my opinion, farmers and backyard gardeners need to start growing other crops to get the experience, so we can hopefully start importing fewer products in the future, which will of course lead to lower prices for our locals on the long run.

Next to having a passion for gardening, I also love cooking, baking and everything that revolves around food. So, I will also share some recipes on this website.

By means of it all, welcome to my world where only positive enhancements are allowed. Let’s keep learning and growing together!

- Talisa