Recent Blogs

Not a lot of people think about bulbs when they think about high summer, but a Crinum Lily (Crinum asiaticum) has to be one of my new...

My youngest son and I always have to stop by Adventureland in Walt Disney World for this chilly treat and we always make sure to buy an...

Chaste tree may be one of my new favorite plants! It looks an awful lot like a butterfly bush, but it grows to a larger size. Vitex...

Pool parties are our children’s favorite parties! Each year they look forward to hosting their school classes on the last day of school....

My friend and local author Kathryn Smith who has written many historical and biographic books about the early twentieth century and the...

Handy Dandy Helpful Hint for Cinco de Mayo- Are you making Margaritas but find them a bit too sweet? Cut the margarita mix in half with...

Amidst whining and complaining and saying daddy it’s a weekday, daddy it’s the weekend, daddy it’s the afternoon, do we have to help you...

I guess I’m one of those people who starts collections of all sorts of things! Is it a curse or a blessing? I’m not sure which, but I’ll...

Handy Dandy Hint- Fill a container with Easter grass and eggs. Don’t, have enough grass? Use some crumpled paper or paper towels to add...

Jellybeans, Legos, half eaten sticks of gum, Nerf bullets, wrappers, dust bunnies and dog hair, no, this is not the contents of a child’s...

Feeling better about your diet is easy by just adding a bit of green. Need a fast veggie? Sure you do! Nothing beats a plate of “little...

Increasingly as suburbia spreads and more lawns appear in what once was fields and forest. Lawns, which I love essentially become an...

I often joke that I don’t need CrossFit or yoga that I have a garden. Pulling weeds or vines for three hours or digging a hole burns a...

When I set out to create my one and a half acre woodland garden I truly had no idea the amount of debris that would be produced! Much of...

A young friend that recently married and had their first child asked me how to get into the world of red wine. Red wine intimidates many...

My wife and I have a favorite restaurant in Saluda North Carolina called the Purple Onion. On a late November trip up the mountain from...

Our amazing friend Beverly Childs is dog shower extraordinaire and executive director of our county museum. These are two recipes she...

My cousin Tessa Stone is a baker extraordinaire, recently graduating with a culinary degree and pastry degree. She is such fun to talk...

1-Christmas Scented Hand Soap We always head to Bath and Body Works for a few Christmas hand soaps. Scent triggers so many deep memories...

I’ve found a new measure of manhood I didn’t know existed. Just like the first time you drive a car, shoot a gun or get married, one more...