Tag: Gardening
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Poinsettias—The Color of Christmas
It’s a sunny Sunday, void of the lingering fog that has plagued the valley for the last few weeks, as I whip my BMW 440 off the main road and into the entrance of the Hollandale Nursery. It’s just a few days before Thanksgiving and I am here for my annual carload of Poinsettias, or…
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Let’s Make Eggplant Parmigiana
September may be here, but don’t even talk to me about pumpkin spice. Not when my summer garden is still going strong. There is plenty of time to still enjoy the masses of veggies still being produced, and one of those is eggplant. 🍆🍆🍆 “Whaaat?” you might say, if you’ve never tried cooking with eggplant.…
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Best Recipe Time!
Hey Gardening, Cooking & Reading Friends! Here it is almost August and there’s so much going on! I know you signed up for the garden goodies, tasty tidbits, farm frolics, and inspiration, so I do have a special treat for y’all. The #1 thing I’m always asked to share is my tasty, never-fail, tried and…
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Plant the Rainbow!
Plant The Rainbow! How are your tomatoes doing? It’s nearly July and they should be coming on pretty heavily. Here’s a little throwback to a few years ago when I decided to experiment with heirlooms: Growing up in an old gardening family, one would think that heirloom tomatoes would have been the norm. But honestly,…
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Time to Bloom
Gardening has always been a major part of my life, probably consuming more of my time than any of my other occupations. As I drag around my hose, eating watermelon and spitting out the seeds, I dream of the giant, green-striped fruits that would appear there the next year, as if by magic. Now, mind…
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Wild Flowers are for the Bees
Just a few days ago, I was pretty excited when I received a package in the mail. Well, actually, I’m excited any day a package arrives, but this one was especially exciting. The package was not all that large, in fact some of the inner contents were so small that they could be considered almost…
S. E. Filomeo 