According to Katie Martin DWR Biologist, over 200,000 hunters will take to the woods this fall and most with deer on their minds. That said, the availability of mast – acorns mainly – will have a lot to do with hunter success. Lots of nuts mean the deer won’t have to travel far for their meals and will expose themselves less to a 30:06 cartridge. When mast is poor, it’s a different story. Deer … [Read more...]
AB(Don’t)C Stores
Running out of toilet paper and paper towels is a minor inconvenience. But when you see empty shelves in the liquor store, that’s a serious problem. There are now lots of “Sorry, Out of Stock” signs in ABC stores throughout the country. Fortunately for me, I’m not a picky drinker. If it’s in the liquor store, it’s fair game, though I clearly have my favorite brands and I hate Scotch. I … [Read more...]
Taco Pie
I do a little personal chef work for a busy family with 3 kids. I have discovered that if I can please the kids, and they eat what I cook, the parents are eternally grateful. It’s pretty easy, actually. The kids love comfort food, they love Italian, and they could eat Mexican every meal. The youngest boy thinks Tacos are Manna from Heaven. So this week, I made a Taco Pie. I was never a big … [Read more...]
Remembering the Ferrum Dawgs
By Sherman Shifflett Ferrum Junior College football coach, Hank Norton, often referred to his football players as "Dawgs." For some of the guys on the team, that nickname was well deserved. One time a player was injured during a scrimmage, and coach Norton turned to a manager and directed him to "Drag that 'dawg' off the field." Coach Norton had a pet dog, Chief, and I don't recall a single … [Read more...]
Kroger’s Rotisserie Chicken
I’ve been buying Sam’s Rotisserie Chicken for years. They were one of the first stores to come out with them and keep them rotating on a spit throughout the day, so you felt like they were never old and dried out. Plus, they were about five bucks, the cheapest on the market. This past week I needed a rotisserie chicken for a quick pot pie I was making and didn’t have time to go to Sam’s. I was … [Read more...]
Fall Is in the Air!
By Nancy B Whew! I thought fall would not arrive soon enough. I have tired of watering my flowers due to lack of rain and temperatures in the 90’s and as much as I love summer, I’ve been waiting for fall and finally it’s here! The colors of autumn always excite me, and the smell of pumpkin pie and apple cider make me happy, and once again we can enjoy our fire pit in the back yard. … [Read more...]
Year-round Tomatoes? I Wish
I had a decent garden this year, though the mid-summer drought played hell with several of my plantings, like squash. But production was decent – especially with my completely enclosed cage which kept squirrels and rabbits at bay. Overall, we had a good year for tomatoes. Nancy has a small, above-ground enclosed cage for her garden and she always gets a head start since the ground … [Read more...]
The Spaniards are Still Biting
The Spanish mackerel bite shows no signs of letting up. If anything, the fish are bigger and there are more of them as witnessed by the above catch aboard Ocean Pearl Charters. Alex Gallardo Perez weighed a 5-11. and a 4-8 Spanish. Jack Limroth had a 7-0 and a 4-14. Nice fish! As October rolls in, the big red drum head out to sea. There are large schools seen surfacing now as they … [Read more...]
Think Small in the Fall
Fall is here, and that means think “small”. Small as in smallmouth bass. Fall is the perfect time to catch the most dynamic freshwater fish of all. Smallies are active, they’re in fishable waters, not deep, and they are hungry; and Virginia is blessed with great smallmouth rivers, both large and small. With shorter days and cooler nights, temperatures are perfect, both in the air and in the water, … [Read more...]
Fall on the Outer Banks
I can think of no better place to welcome in the cool, clear mornings of fall than on the Outer Banks of North Carolina – one of the world’s great places. My first visit to Nags Head on the Outer Banks left me unimpressed. I was in college at the time and it seemed like a dull place to be. Nothing much happening, just a laid-back cluster of cottages bordering the ocean and the single … [Read more...]
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