Wildflowers
Ah, April – My Favorite Month 2009
Wildflowers have always been a big part of my life, but the year was 1967 when I was more intimately introduced to them. I can remember as a child the woods in front of our house was full of wild azaleas (what we called Honeysuckle back then) and I would gather them by the wheelbarrow…
Read MoreGardening Woes and Thrills 2008
It has always been the aim of this writer not to dwell on the negative, but as I sit here in front of this empty screen, today I deviate. We no longer garden as we did a few years ago and, apparently, it is just as well what with the droughts of recent years. As…
Read MoreA Visit to Buck’s Pocket State Park 1994
Note: Buck’s Pocket has not always been a state park and there are lots of memories of visiting that area. It’s a gorge and simply beautiful. It’s said that defeated politicians go to the pocket to recover. If you haven’t visited Sand Mountain you’ve missed a treat. Stay tuned — I plan to blog about…
Read MoreThe First Harbinger of Spring 1991
It’s cozy and warm where I sit on the sun porch – unlike what it was when I was fooled yesterday by the bright sunshine. I thought I could get out and walk without my protective clothing, but was I wrong! The wind at the Windy Knoll was icy. Beth and I wanted to take…
Read MoreGardening — Just a Gamble
John’s fancy electronic rain gauge/thermometer read 15 degrees this morning. Wow!! That was 10 degrees below the predicted reading. We had lots of hydrangeas budding out and I can only imagine what they look like this morning. Many of those bloom on old wood and we’ll probably have few, if any, blooms this year. Last…
Read MoreBeauty in the Shade Garden
Where to begin this article escapes me. This afternoon The One I Love Best dragged other “stuff” out of the way of the golf cart and offered me a ride. It was as though I had died and gone to heaven. Our woods are ablaze with color. The pictures I made are not top quality;…
Read MoreProblems of a Farmer 1989
The day started off as just another ordinary day with the usual happenings. Lunch was the common, summertime meal – consisting in part of fried okra, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and “roas-sneers.” How did roasting ears ever get to be called “roas-sneers?” Albeit, good. The day progressed with a pop-in visit of two friends – one…
Read MoreWhat is Goldenrod?
Remember the scrapbook I found when I cleaned out a closet? It’s filled with all kinds of articles printed by the Georgia Market Bulletin about wildflowers and a few other medicinal plants. I don’t think I’ve seen as much Goldenrod as there is this year — it’s everywhere and its beautiful! When I had a…
Read MoreWhat Is Boneset?
When I cleaned out a closet last week I found boxes that I had forgotten I had and in one of them I found this scrapbook (I think I can remember the elderly lady who gave it to me — probably in the 1970’s) and it’s a treasure. For some time, each week the Georgia Market Bulletin…
Read MoreA Walk Through the Yard
Join me and let’s take a walk. It’s 9:00 o’clock a.m. so that’s the reason for the sun and glare and on top of that I’m not a photographer. Forgive me for not stating the botanical names of these plants — in my younger days I could spit them out right and left, but no…
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