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Christmas surprise

Don’t you love surprise packages in the mail?  I wasn’t expecting anything from my dear friend Elizabeth, who manages a historic garden in South Carolina, but she really came though for me with my Christmas present.  I was delighted when I opened a small package from her and a plethora of seeds neatly wrapped in [...]

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On citrus

We just got back from a 4 day Thanksgiving trip to the lovely Alabama Gulf Coast (“what are you thankful for, Taylor?”  “WARMTH!”  It was 70 degrees every day…bliss!) with family and friends, and I feel incredibly rested. 
I’m also feeling a surge of vigor from the copious amounts of vitamin C I ingested this weekend.  [...]

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The seeds are off!

OK, Howling Hill!  I’m sorry to say that I missed my two week deadline by 1 day, but I did finally mail the seeds off today at lunch. 
Here’s what I took:
1 complete packet of Dill
1 complete bag of Cannelinni beans
And then about 20 seeeds each of:
Okra
Kandy King Corn
Black Turtle Beans
Here’s what I put in:
A big [...]

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Green Tomatoes

Last night we dropped by the farm to make sure a check I had left for the managers was found. We’re signing up for 2 chickens and some farm-raised pork that we’ll receive in November and this was my deposit check.
Everything looks very different. We had a couple of evenings of frost in [...]

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Local Surprise

I just got back from our local Stop N’ Shop (yeah, just like on Family Guy for you non-New Englanders) where I stopped in to pick up some little preserve jars.  I haven’t bought grocery store produce in a few months now, but I usually like to walk through to check to see if they [...]

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Eating History

Pete and I are lucky enough to have a friend who lives as the on-site caretaker of a small 17th century historic site.  It’s amazingly beautiful and so well-kept.  From the way it is situated next to the road, there are many times that you can’t see a single modern intrusion in your view.  I [...]

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