Unique Services is a professional landscaping company that can help with many chores when time runs short – or when it’s more convenient to hire professionals to do the job. Owned by Lawrence Randolph, Unique Services says that no job is too big or too small to handle. Lawrence’s skilled crew can handle cleaning, hauling, grounds keeping, planting, painting and more. They will even run errands if … [Read more...]
Time to Grow Grass
I don’t know about you, but I usually think about the bald places in my lawn in the spring, when the lawn starts to green up. So I plant grass in the spring, which is often a waste. The time to plant grass is right now, when it’s cool weather, but still some sun. Boy did I luck out a few weeks ago. Last spring, I had planted some grass seed near my backyard fire pit (where I had incinerated any … [Read more...]
Drumming Things Up
Lots of fish scatter when a big blow comes through, but the drum stay put. They actually like it when the surf is rough. It stirs up bait and all sorts of juicy snacks for the reds. Dr. Julie Ball reported that the red drum brigade took off over the past week in the lower Bay and along coastal shorelines. These prized fighters thrive in churned water, and respond aggressively during fronts. … [Read more...]
High Water
It’s a no-go for the James, the New and Shenandoah rivers this weekend. In fact, the coming weekend may not be an ideal time to fish any river or stream in Virginia. With early week and late week dowpours, many streams are out of their banks and dangerous to negotiate. That’s the bad news. The good news, however, is twofold. First, all the mountain streams that were perilously low, are no longer … [Read more...]
Lemon Roasted Chicken
Some of the best recipes are simple, not only simple to prepare but simple in ingredients. Lemon Roasted Chicken is such a dish. The prep time is about five minutes and the cooking time is less than an hour, so how simple can it be? And it’s delicious. There are a number of variations to this recipe but the best results come when the bird is cooked quickly in a relatively hot oven. Keep the … [Read more...]
Busted!
Boomers look back on many great memories from our youth as well as some that were not so great. One of those memories we’d all like to forget is our first foray into a life of crime and getting caught. I’m talking about “sticky little fingers” and most kids have them. They see something they want and take it. I was a relatively innocent six-year old until I was led down the primrose path by … [Read more...]
Get Lost! At Liberty Farm
A pretty weekend day in October? What to do and where to go? How about getting lost – lost as in a corn maze and Liberty Mills Farm in Somerset has a good one. Last year, we took our two Atlanta grandkids to Liberty Farm and bought tickets to a difficult maze. If I had not dropped shiny white pebbles behind me (a la Hansel and Gretel) we’d still be out there. This year, they say, it’s an even … [Read more...]
A Matter of Timing
When it comes to backyard gardens, timing isn’t the only thing – it’s everything. Looking back, my timing was way off for my 2015 garden. I always try to get both an early crop and a later crop since my garden is relatively small – about 14 by 50 feet. Still, if the weather cooperates and I can plant when I need to, I can get very nice production from my small plot. In 2014, I planted my … [Read more...]
Blue Ridge Trailers
Warranties are nice, but the last thing you want in life is to have to redeem a warranty when you are pulling a trailer. That means your axle broke, the brakes locked, the tires failed or any number of other serious issues. If you were pulling a couple thousand pounds of equipment or livestock down the highway at 60 miles per hour when the problem occurred, the results could be catastrophic, if … [Read more...]
Zoysia Fairways
I read someplace that if you hit a golf ball in the fairway – that lovely stretch of grass directly in front of the tee box – you’ll likely get a lower score than if you consistently hit it into lakes, shrubbery, creeks, blackberry thickets or waist high grass. So, the fairway is a nice place to be. It’s even nicer if it’s a fairway sewn in zoysia grass. That’s almost better than teeing it up … [Read more...]
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