Tag: Home Garden
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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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I Dig Figs
I was really happy this morning to find a generous handful of fresh figs ripe and ready for us to enjoy. Have you ever feasted upon a fresh fig? I must confess that I never had, until I picked the first one one from our own tree. A fresh ripe fig tastes nothing like a…
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Preparing your fall organic vegetable garden
Southern home gardeners are blessed with the opportunity to grow fruits and vegetables almost year round. In fact, July and August are the slowest months for the garden because it’s so hot and humid. It’s a little sorry out there right now. But it is a great time to get ready for fall gardening. Fall…
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The Garlic Is Almost Ready
The garlic is almost ready to harvest at Cowlick Cottage Farm! It is looking big, lush and healthy, and I can barely stop myself from pulling some out of the ground right now. But it is not quite ready yet, and I must wait until the leaves begin to droop and yellow from the bottom of…
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Putter
Putter (from Webster.com): Main Entry: 3put·ter Pronunciation: \’pə-tər\ Function: intransitive verb Date: 1858 1 : to move or act aimlessly or idly 2 : to work at random : tinker — put·ter·er \-tər-ər\ noun Last weekend I puttered around. As Webster so aptly defines, I moved and acted aimlessly or idly, I worked at random.…
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Scenes from the Garden
I woke up early this morning, just as the sun was rising, and wandered through the garden with my camera and my coffee. It is the most peaceful time of the day here at Cowlick Cottage. It is cool, and the morning dew is still clinging to the leaves and the flower petals. Beautiful. I…