Where in the World is Debbie
For the first time since losing my right hand gal in the store, I took last weekend off and attended a spinning retreat in Indiana. This was my 3rd year attending the retreat and now I am determined that I would not miss it for the world. Every year around 30 of the...Growing Seedlings Indoors
For the adventurous and the thrifty minded among us growing your plants from seed is the way to go those plants that require a longer growing period or are harder to raise outdoors from seed. In the Nashville area those plants include, but are not limited to,...
Getting Ready for Planting
One of the most frustrating things that kept me out of the garden when I first got the gardening bug was missing the planting dates of my favorite foods. It always seemed that I would buy pea seeds and then find that the pea planting time had passed me and no one told...Where to find heirloom seed potatoes
One year, many moons ago, I found some Russian Fingerlings, Yellow Rose and Blue Fin potatoes at Smith and Hawken (when they were a great store with great tools and no Scott “Organic” fertilizers – please, don’t get me started!!) Well, the...How to plant and harvest heirloom potatoes
Many people think of growing potatoes as a laborious undertaking but I have a simple, easy way to grow potatoes. I have planted my potatoes this way for about 10 years so I know it works, and works well whether you are planting five pounds or 50 pounds ( or 150 pounds...Heirloom Varieties of Potatoes
Imagine running out to the garden and digging up some Rose Fin Apple potatoes or German Butterballs or some Purple Vikings with their deep purple skin and their creamy white insides. Or think about your picnic potato salad on the 4th of July with red, white and blue...
Michael Pollan’s latest book, "Food Rules"
If you have 30 minutes to spare and a passing interest in natural foods you might enjoy Michael Pollan’s latest book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. This is probably the shortest book you’ve read since you were a first grader, but it does have...
The Fragrance of God
People recommend books to me on a daily basis as I am known as some what of a book buff. And as an avid collector of books I check into almost all recommendation, never wanting to let one good book escape my library. Every once in awhile though, someone...