I raced out yesterday without posting most of the pictures. Here’s the pictures to accompany yesterday’s post – now you can see the colors! Enjoy!
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Snakes in the Garden: The Truth About Snakes
Snakes in the garden scare many people. I used to be one of them. I thought copperheads lurked around every stone, just waiting to strike. October marks out 17th year living on Seven Oaks Farm in Central Virginia. Over the years, I have gotten to know, appreciate, and love the many snakes we have seen…
Jonathan Apples: What Are They and How to Grow Them
We didn’t set out to grow Jonathan apples, but this is the variety that thrives in our zone 7B garden. We purchased seedlings from the Arbor Day Society and planted our home orchard in December 2007. Today, we have many fruit trees, including our beloved Jonathans that are my new favorite apple. Here’s how to…
Stuffed Peppers Without Rice Recipe
A no-salt, nutritarian, vegan dinner that’s easy to make on a busy night I made this stuffed peppers without rice recipe last night for dinner. It uses my confetti salad recipe with some added spices for the filling. At this time of year, when fresh tomatoes and peppers are abundant in the garden, it’s the…
Fig Salad Recipe: Figs and Cantaloupe with Basil Dressing
I promised to share this French fig salad recipe with you. This recipe originally came from a cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan called Savoring France: Recipes and Reflections on French Cooking. I updated the recipe to remove the dairy and fat. The result is a flavorful, lower calorie dessert that sparkles with the essence of the…
Interestingly enough, what you are calling hot summer color combinations like you are showing here seems to be all I have in the back around the pool. I have all those glad colors you are showing sot hose are my favs in your shots here. Fortunately I think all the blue of the pool is enough to balance all that color out. Or not!
That’s funny Colleen! The glads were a mixed color package I grabbed at the dollar store; I have to stock up next year, they are just so robust.
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Our color is slow coming this year in Maine. So is the heat, too, actually. So I’m double-loving your flowers!
Thanks June! I love Maine. We almost moved there. Enjoy your summer!