Tag: Gardening
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Okra incoming….
There is a wonderful advantage to living in the deep south. Okra is a delicious food packed with vitamins and fiber that thrives in hot humid climates and we have plenty of that here. Local crops are coming in hot and heavy right now so it is available in abundance. We have a friend that…
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Anatomy of fig canning
Today was extremely long, busy, and productive. I can say I’m officially tired! I started the canning process for fig preserves around 10 this morning after harvesting another 10 cups to add to the 54 cups I already had. So 64 cups of figs were hand processed today by Lil ole ME. So very glad…
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Grill time!
Today has been pretty much a do nothing day. Not a bad thing. We slept in….. anything over 7.5 to 8 hours is sleeping in for me. Today I got 9 hours! Picked a few figs, then prepared breakfast while Randy got his morning shower. I’m almost finished with that large knit project and continued…
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Ready or not here they come!
I knew it would be soon. I’ve been monitoring every couple days. Today was a rare moment of ME time while hubby was gone to physical therapy. We are back into our normal north east Alabama summer weather thank goodness. The horrid horrid intense humidity and heat seem to have left the area. So I…
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Scottish Fantasy
I’ve been told I am not your average female because I never have been a shopper and never ever an impulse buyer. My shopping preference is have a list, get in, get out. There are two places I actually do enjoy browsing and that is hardware and landscape shops. I love a proper tool for…
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Mary Todd
I have always loved gardening and house plants and have several very large indoor plants from many years ago. These last two years I’ve taken the time to expand my love of flowers into the landscape around the house. My intent is to create low maintenance high impact perennial gardens and paths out of the…
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