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Tag Archives: Ohio
Summer Betwixt 2 Slices of Bread
Ben’s Southern Summer Tomato Sandwich This sandwich is almost too simple. But also easy to screw up. Ingredients are the key to this southern sandwich’s culinary mysticism. You need: White bread. Soft, white bread. The kind of white bread everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged black krim, farming, flower garden, heirloom, heirloom tomato, Kentucky, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, recipe, south, southern, tomato, tomato sandwich, vegetable, vegetable garden
39 Comments
Wordless Wednesday-Our Backyard Owl and His Brave Neighbor
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged backyard, birding, birdwatching, farming, gardening, great horned owl, Kentucky, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, owl
10 Comments
The Nostalgia of Cleome
A friend gave me a few seeds from her Cleome hassleriana several years ago. We planted the seeds, enjoyed the flowers, saved the seeds and continued burying them in the soil at a couple of different homesteads, spreading the joy … Continue reading
Posted in Flower Gardening, Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged backyard, cleome, Cleome hassleriana, compost, farming, flower, flower garden, flower gardening, flowers, garden, gardening, gardening tips, heirloom, Kentucky, nostalgia, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, propagate, seed, seed saving
32 Comments
Our Accidental Hanging Dahlia Experiment
It started with a couple of seed heads, lying forgotten on top of the soil in a flower pot in the garage. I’d brought the pot into the garage before a hard freeze last winter, placed it in a corner … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged backyard, dahlia, farming, flower, flower garden, flowers, gardening, gardening tips, Kentucky, Ohio, organic gardening, propagate, serendipity
12 Comments
We Seek the Black Krim
It’s our first year planting the heirloom variety tomato, Black Krim. We’re excited! The one pictured is just starting to ripen and we’re curious how long it will be before it develops that lovely deep, dark crimson. We’ve had a … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged backyard, black krim, farming, flower garden, garden, gardening, gardening tips, heirloom, heirloom tomato, Kentucky, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, propagate, tomato, vegetable, vegetable garden
12 Comments
The Mighty Ohio in Winter
“There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons — That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes” —Emily Dickinson
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