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...]
Blown Away!
For most boats, it was a week to stay in port and work on the decks and motors at Oregon Inlet. A few boats ventured out on Monday and caught mahi-mahi and had good results with billfish. There were 9 white marlins, 2 sailfish, and 1 blue marlin released Monday. Since then, most boats stayed inshore. A few went just offshore and caught kings, blues and Spanish. Monday, most boats have remained … [Read more...]
Big Browns on the South
Big Browns on the South Tommy Lawhorne of South River Fly Shop in Waynesboro went on an electro-shocking expedition with the Game Department biologists and said they shocked up a 25-inch brown trout. Tommy said the fish was as fat as a non-Tom Brady football and in perfect condition. Tommy estimated the fish at 7 to 9 years of age, indicating good survival conditions throughout the … [Read more...]
The Schilling Show
One voice in Charlottesville rises like a lighthouse beacon in the fog in protest of intrusive and wasteful government. One voice makes sense among all the progressive babbling. One voice stands strongly for the interests of local businesses and their employees. That one voice is Rob Schilling of WINA’s The Schilling Show. As a rule, the various media are more than glad to accept hard earned … [Read more...]
A Fun Round At Tanyard
Greg Leffler, my regular golfing buddy, and I figured we could sneak out for a few hours and get in a round of golf last Sunday afternoon. We wanted a fun course and one that would be uncrowded, so we could get in 18 holes and get back home in time to keep the wives happy. One course quickly came to mind – The Greens at Tanyard Golf Club. Tanyard is one of my favorite places to play. It’s not a … [Read more...]
Chick-chick-a-dee!
Boy, did I ever get a cussing out last week. I was sitting on the patio in my back yard when a tiny chickadee put together a long string of four letter chirps, telling me in no uncertain terms that I was sitting too close to his favorite feeder and would I please move away a little. I did and the scolding ceased as Mr. Chickadee picked out a coice sunflower seed, flew to a nearby limb and deftly … [Read more...]
On The Road For Ringnecks
A ringneck pheasant always cackles when he goes airborne. I guess it’s his way of saying, “Okay, just me and you now. Let’s see how good a shot you are.” We used to have a few wild ringnecks in Virginia, but they went the way of bobwhite quail when fescue overwhelmed our meadows and drove many ground feeding birds into near extinction. There are lots of good preserves in Virginia that offer … [Read more...]
Honey Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Okay, I promise. This will be the last cherry tomato recipe in our “Now We’re Cooking” series. I believe we have had three before this as I have searched for new and improved ways to find ways to cook or prepare my bountiful supply of these small red morsels. The five “volunteer” vines in my garden really outdid themselves, but finally I am getting fewer and fewer – and I miss them … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 439
- 440
- 441
- 442
- 443
- …
- 463
- Next Page »