History of Oakland Cemetery For someone who only lives 20 minutes from Atlanta and have spent over half my life in the metro area, I have not spent a lot of time in the city. I am one of those suburbanites that detest traffic, the lack of parking, and just the general hustle and bustle…
Early Summer Vegetable Harvest The harvest is the best part of vegetable gardening. You spend countless hours planting, weeding and watering. Now the payoff is finally here! We decided last night to “check” on the potatoes to see if the fingerlings were big enough to harvest. Typically, you wait until the tops of the potato plants…
Gardening with Kids This is my first summer at home full time with the kids. I stopped working outside the home at the end of last summer after the garden was established and in full swing. Then, our youngest child was not yet walking, and our oldest was in summer camp. As this summer approached…
Marietta Farmers Market This past Memorial Day weekend we kicked off the first part of our Local Harvest Series. Through out the year we are going to focus on what’s in season to purchase and ways to explore local resources. We visited the Marietta Farmers Market located in the historic Marietta Square in Georgia. The…
Give Those Herbs a Haircut! Some of the easiest plants you can grow in a garden are herbs. We grow an array of herbs in our backyard garden. Herbs are what started my love affair with gardening. Unlike Mark, my family did not have a backyard garden when I was young. My mom got into gardening…