One of my favorite places to people watch is at the farmer’s market. There’s such a variety of people, from young families to old women using food stamps. The farmer’s have their own stories as well. Some farm full-time, others are helping their parents or grandparents, and some are doing it on the side to…
I’ve been remiss in thanking Burpee for their wonderful gift basket. Back in July, I participated in a contest on Pinterest for My Burpee Dream Garden. I wrote a long post here and shared with all of you what I’d do for a garden whether I won or not. Well, I didn’t win. A lovely woman named…
As my garden winds down for another season, I’ve been getting questions about what I’m doing with the herbs that are still in their pots. I enjoy the efforts of growing fresh herbs all winter long, either from freezing or drying. Preserving herbs for winter use starts early in the summer, as soon as the…
Quiet thoughts for today. The last tomatoes of summer Ripening slowly, waiting patiently For the final nip of first frost
I’ve been enjoying these last few days off. The tax returns were in good shape heading into the weekend, so I took Friday off to go Colonial Williamsburg. Did I ever take the pictures! I’m still working on them, but here’s one of many from my camera that day. Right now I couldn’t even tell…
Dear Readers – My Mom recently showed you my picture after she yelled at me for walking all over the flowers in her garden. I want you to know there’s two sides to every story and she was totally unfair to me. Understand that I’m a beagle and I hunt. I love chasing the rabbit…
Henry David Thoreau observed that people will travel all over the world to see the sights, but don’t even know what’s in their own backyard. I don’t have that problem. In my post the other day, I shared the laughter of how a momma robin outsmarted me while trying to feed her babies and keep…
Burpee has a fun little contest going on over at Pinterest. Oh wait, did I forget to tell you I’m on Pinterest now? Sorry about that. Yeah, I started doing it several weeks ago. It’s a great activity when I wake up at 3 am and can’t get back to sleep. I know it’s a time…
I’d love to try beekeeping, but our house is very close to multiple neighbors and I’m a bit leery of having a bee hive in my backyard. However, each year I’ve tried to make my yard as bee friendly as I can. The bees are fun (dog #1 loves them – it entertains him for…
