A hot cup of tea It’s been foggy and wet. This is typical winter weather in Georgia. But this week it’s really been quite unbearable. Most of the country is getting an onslaught of winter weather and I ,along with everyone else, have been locked up indoors dreaming of spring. To help pass the time… Read More
TV Magic Debbie and I were streaming an old episode of Good Eats and got inspired. Alton Brown featured Dutch oven recipes, and I suddenly had a flashback to my Boy Scout days in the 1980’s. When I first learned to cook outdoors, there was no charcoal involved and certainly no liquid fuel or gas. We… Read More
A Fall Hope I’ve written several times proclaiming my appreciation for fall and fall gardening. Garlic is one of the reasons. I actually planted garlic for the first time once several years ago and met with disaster due to my own ignorance, and unreasonable expectations. Since then, I have actually taken the time to do a little research… Read More
Autumn Planting Fall planting makes perfect sense. When you collaborate with nature, she determines the schedule. In gardening that means do the work now and wait for the result. Fall is the time for certain tasks that will yield beautiful results in your landscape next spring and summer. Harvest Seeds If you are saving seeds,… Read More
Have You Been Eating Your Greens? We are huge fans of greens in our house. They grow so well for us that we can not help but grow large amounts of them. In addition to growing the standards like collards, kale and spinach, we harvest the greens off of several vegetables such as beets, turnips… Read More