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True Blue and Dark Purple Pansies Black-Eyed Susan Vine Carving of the Jack-O_Lantern Night Owl

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In the Georgia-North Carolina Mountains

But, God’s garden counts, right? We took a drive this weekend up to the Georgia mountains to watch the leaves change. It was a common occurrence years ago, but we had not been in a while and I had threatened to go every year for the past two or three years and always found [read more...]

Saying Goodbye to Weeds and Hummingbirds

Gorgeous ruby throat hanging out

Over the past year while dealing with Cindy’s condition, the gardens have been rightfully and woefully neglected.  All the vegetable and flower beds were overrun with weeds.  I tried from time to time to knock them down, but just could not stay ahead of it.  I spent a good amount of time this weekend [read more...]

Sweet Potato Chips and Fries with Chile Salt and Lime

Sweet Potato Chips with Chile Salt and Lime

Past – When we were planting the raised vegetable beds, the Chief Taste-Tester Ian wanted sweet potatoes.  I said sweet potatoes would never grow in this arrangement, but we planted them anyway.  Boy was I wrong!

So, what do you do with a bunch of sweet potatoes?  Well, we baked some, of [read more...]

Roasting Roma Tomatoes

Roasted Roma Tomatoes

Past – Last year it seemed every day we would come in from the vegetable garden with a load of roma tomatoes.

Being avid Italian food fans, Cindy had a perfect solution to deal with the overrun of romas.  She roasted them for sauce.

First, she would slice the tomatoes in half, [read more...]