Officially fall arrived September 23 around 5 a.m. , but you wouldn’t have known it here in North Georgia. Temps hovered in the 90’s, and I was still in shorts and sandals. But, finally Saturday and Sunday, while still in the 80’s a cool breeze and even cooler nights, made it appear fall may have…
Tailgating Party
I confess, I am not a big football fan, but my husband is, and I know a lot of people enjoy getting together to watch the big game. Here’s a couple of recipes for game day get togethers. Chicken fajitas Cut into strips, 1 pound boneless chicken breast1 T cornstarch2 T lemon juice1 t garlic…
Gardening with kids-Making a Scarecrow
One of these days, I want to write a booklet on gardening with kids. This is one of the activities I have in my file to include. Making Scarecrows:Scarecrows have been used for years to keep crows from the corn, but now are used more as a garden accent. Kids will love making their own…
Construction at the Jasmine Moon Shop
The city of Chickamauga where my shop “The Jasmine Moon” is located received a streetscaping grant. This included replacing all the drainage pipes underground, taking up the trees, installing underground utilities, new sidewalks, and new landscaping. The opposite side of the street where my shop is, was started first. While not completed, at least there…
Sweltering weather
We have had about 3 weeks of daily near 100 degree weather. Our garden is now gone, with only the pumpkins for my granddaughters to be harvested. We planted the “jumbo” variety and they are really getting big, but we still have to water these. I was so tired of this hot, sweltering weather, and…
Squirrels need love, too
We have several feeders at our house and feed the birds all summer long. For a number of years we didn’t have any squirrels. I think our dogs kept them away, but now that they are getting old, the squirrels have returned. We decided not to try to fight them, but have provided them with…
Garden’s harvest
I picked these out of the garden this afternoon. Lot’s of great cucumbers, squash, greenbeans, and a couple of zuchinni. While looking through a new book I bought at Books a Million today, I found a recipe for chocolate zuchinni bread. There are several books by Laura Childs called the Tea Shop mystery series. I…
Mackenzie and Kendall’s Garden
These are my granddaughter’s Mackenzie and Kendall in the garden. Introducing children to the garden at an early age helps foster a life long love of gardening. Children are curious and gardening can be a great tool for learning. There’s a few tips when gardening with kids: There attention span is short. Gardening projects…
The Garden
In my last post I talked about the water shortage here in Georgia. I saw a church sign about 3 weeks ago that said “Pray for rain, pray for the farmers”. Well, it worked. For the last two weeks it has rained about 9 of the last 14 days. The grass that was turning brown,…
Finally, Rain
There is a water shortage in Georgia, and restrictions have been placed on watering your garden. We can only water on certain days. Our vegetable garden hasn’t suffered, because my husband has been responsible for it. We had some great fried squash with dinner last night. There is going to be lots of cucumbers, and…