Tag: Fall garden

  • Preparing the Fall Garden

    Preparing the Fall Garden

    Southern gardeners are blessed with many things. Bourbon, shrimp and grits, for example. We are also blessed with long growing seasons, and this year we have even had abundant rain while much of the rest of the country bakes in drought. We are also about to face a hurricane here in the panhandle of Florida,…

  • The Dog Days of Summer

    The Dog Days of Summer

    Lucy Lu, our Mini Labradoodle, is thoroughly enjoying the dog days of summer. She rolls in the grass, steals a fig or two, snoozes in the hot sun, and then cools down by the fountain, shaded by the giant leaves of the banana tree. Meanwhile, Riley keeps a sharp eye on the chicken coop.   He’s a…