Tag: Garden2Blog
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Calypso Beans With Fried Sage Leaves
My Friday lunch hour at TomatoLand, a farmer’s market in Tallahassee, yielded a few delights in addition to the fresh fried oysters they were serving up for lunch. The Georgia peaches were perfectly ripe and the colors of a beachy sunset. We have gotten in the habit of making fresh peach iced tea on the…
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Noontime in the Garden of Good
May was an exciting month, starting with Garden2Blog, where I met up with fellow garden writers from all over the country. It was extra special to spend time with a few of my closest friends, Shawna Coronado, Christopher Tidrick and Michael Nolan. We have been communicating for a couple of years, but for me at…
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P Allen Smith’s Garden2Blog, Part IV
An important part of our visit to P. Allen Smith’s garden home, Moss Mountain Farm, was participating in the educational presentations given by the Garden2Blog sponsors. One of my favorite presentations was, of course, in the one-acre organic vegetable garden with Bonnie Plants. Bonnie plants is a family-owned company that is a national wholesaler with…
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P. Allen Smith’s Garden2Blog, Part III
After visiting Marlsgate Plantation and P. Allen Smith’s original garden home, Gaines, we were off on yet another Garden2Blog adventure to a gardener’s mecca, Moss Mountain Farm. One of the best parts about Garden2Blog was having the opportunity to casually tour P. Allen Smith’s garden home retreat. I must have taken 400 photos inside the…
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P. Allen Smith’s Garden2Blog, Part II
The next stop on our epic Garden2Blog adventure (see Part I) was P. Allen Smith’s original garden home, affectionately called Gaines, in downtown Little Rock. I fell in love with this charming place as soon as we walked through the front gate. Allen purchased the cottage for a dollar, rescued it from demolition, and moved it to…
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P. Allen Smith’s Garden2Blog 2012, Part I
Last week I took part in a very special event, the second annual Garden2Blog. Hosted by garden and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith, 24 garden bloggers from all over the country descended upon Little Rock, Arkansas to tour gardens, visit Allen’s spectacular garden homes, and spend time with each other. The event surpassed my expectations…