LIFE'S A GARDEN

THE WORLD SEEMS a little off kilter. This seems like a good time to talk about creating your own compost at home. It’s a fun experiment,...

I AM GOING TO JUMP BACK one story that I was in the middle of telling before I wrote last week‘s fall gardening tips. Mimi and I had...

AS WE MOVE INTO July, I realize that we have had a nice, long spring, like one for the books. It’s not every spring we can start...

ONE OF MY FAVORITE times of the summer months is upon us. Blackberries are finally ready. I’m having luck finding them in the wild and...

DURING THE FIRST year after Mimi and I got married Mimi was teaching English literature and coaching cross country at Madison Ridgeland...

MEMORIAL DAY IS BEHIND us. We all got a paid day off and hopefully either had some people over or went to someone’s place to acknowledge...

THIS ARTICLE WILL be coming out just before the last Monday in May. Memorial Day, the day that Americans remember those people who made...

WE HAVE MADE it to mid May. The fear of frost is well behind us, now the fear of the heat is on. I think last year was the hottest year...

MY GRANDFATHER, my dad's father, lived his last 10 years with us in Madison. We built him his own little apartment so he wouldn't feel in...

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE we have made it to May already. April was a blurry memory with lots of nice rain. We are starting this year off with...

I WAS STARING OUT my kitchen window in a daze while I mulled over what this week’s article would be about. I have plenty more travel...

THE NORTHSIDE SUN has allowed me a lot of freedom to write about all things agriculture in my life. Whether the story has to do with time...