For a child who enjoyed reading the encyclopedia, the internet is a dream come true. As I was pondering the question of the oldest restaurant in Europe, rather than searching through pages and pages of a heavy book, I had several answers in just a few seconds.
Last week I had a rush of deja vu when I saw the first flush of a special pink autumn flower that came to me through three generations of family gardeners.
65 years ago, Oct. 15, 1953
Goldenrod is getting cranked up, and people are starting to sneeze…but blaming the wrong culprits.
I totally get the allergy woes; what people mistakenly think is my cheeriness is actually the antihistamines kicking in. But lots of folks lay fault on the first thing we see, and unfairly malign beautiful but benign wildflowers.
For the last two weeks at my house we have been totally absorbed in “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” If is, you see, the theme of a birthday party to be held on Saturday. The birthday boy, all of 2 years old, is completely enchanted with Peter and his mischievous escapades.
When doing research for one of these culinary writings, often I stumble upon amazing facts. Not being a sports fan, I have lived on the fringes of tailgating. I assumed tailgating happened about the time college football became popular.
Everyone has their favorite season, but to me autumn is the best, a time to set out a little stuff for winter and next spring while wrapping up the summer garden, then basking in recollections.
Some gardeners are standard-setting bullies, criticizing neighbors for doing what’s been perfectly acceptable for centuries.
Stick with me a minute; I’m not trying to change any minds, just sharing some important insight before anyone gets their knickers in a knot.
There is a strange, circuitous route to the subject of this column each week. Sometimes the subject is the result of my insatiable curiosity about all things food. More likely, the subject just pops up. The latter is the source of this week's writing.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Mississippi gardens have just started getting a little less rosy.
While I rarely get into diagnostic stuff in this column, I’m seeing a lot of something new and bad enough to have landscape experts worried; need to nail down early what can be done.
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