LIFE'S A GARDEN

I have had another interesting week of agricultural activities in my world. The week after Mia and Cody’s wedding we attended our good friends wedding of their son at a beautiful venue in Flora. The place is on highway 22, it’s name is Bridalwood of Madison. A perfect place for a wedding, there was an outdoor space for a wedding if weather allows, which it did perfectly. There is also an indoor space for those times that the weather sends us indoors. The rehearsal festivities

It seems like this year has suddenly geared into warp speed. We have Halloween behind us, daylight saving time is upon us and Mia’s wedding has come and gone. I guess I keep such a sharp focus on those things that when they are in my rear view mirror I don’t know which thing to focus on next. Right now the next focus will be getting the Christmas trees in and, the hard part, getting them tied to the top of your car on their way to a happy home. The trees will be arriving eith

Mimi, her mom, and I pulled out of Ridgeland headed toward Greenville, South Carolina. We were like a traveling circus with our trailer full of decorations, props, tools, and bags packed for some “work” days, rehearsal dinner clothes, and mother and father of the bride clothes. Mia and Cody got hitched the weekend of October 18. Those two had already done most of the hard work—at least the parts I would dread most. They had secured a wonderful venue for the rehearsal dinner a

As we roll into October, there is a change in the air. We have finally reached the temperatures that make things shift in our yards — and in our spirits. The air is crisp because the humidity is lower, and it seems like there’s less haze in the sky, which always leads to that October sunburn. I imagine it must feel this way in parts of Colorado all summer long. With our nighttime temperatures dipping into the 60s, it takes much longer in the day to get hot — and by the time i

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I had an interesting morning recently. Mayor McGee of Ridgeland asked me a while back if I could help him rehab some very old blueberry...

By the time this article comes out we will have 4 days until October. It is hard to believe that leaves are beginning to fall and I have...

Mimi and I had two days at home last weekend. We were ready to fall garden with a plan and tools out when we got up so we could take...

I am thinking about my next weeks to come and all that needs doing. Between the weekend trips we have had and the ones that are coming...

We have Labor Day behind us. To me the countdown towards fall begins now. The stores are beginning to bring in the fall stuff, the coffee...

Labor Day weekend is upon us. In my past experience Labor Day used to mean a lot of work and a lot of fun. My mother and father and I...

It’s becoming pretty clear that travel and vacations are not going to be easy to plan for and probably just not the same as it used to...