All in all, I have had a pretty good garden this year. I had an early crop of creasy greens – left over from the plantings of previous spring. I had some nice lettuce, beets, onions, tomatoes, and yellow squash. The rabbits ate all of my peas and most of my cucumber vines, but one cuke made it and has been producing overtime to make up for the rest. The lonely vine is still blooming and growing – … [Read more...]
Summer Trout Tips
By Harry Murray At this time of the season the low, clear trout streams present us with a challenge which produces an exceptionally gratifying form of angling. The trout carefully select feeding stations which enable them to capture the greatest amount of food while exerting the least amount of energy. They are exceptionally wary now and since the natural food is sparse the largest … [Read more...]
Specks at Oregon Inlet
There has been some of the most spectacular speckled trout fishing in recent memory on the Outer Banks at Oregon Inlet. Acres and acres of vast grass beds draw bait like shrimp, crabs and mullet and the trout have moved in to take advantage. Capt. Reese Stecher of Beach Bum Fishing continues to put his clients on trout, with near daily limits and some nice fish, as well. “It’s still great, as … [Read more...]
A Special Place: Garner, NC
Garner, North Carolina. How well I remember this special place on the outskirts of Raleigh. Today, Garner is a bustling city, a bedroom community of Raleigh, but in the 1950’s, it was a small, sleepy village with a country store, a couple Baptist churches and a post office. Each summer, I spent a week or two in Raleigh with my grandmother, Mama Ida – who pretty much spoiled me rotten. … [Read more...]
Where Has All the Milkweed Gone?
Where has all the milkweed gone? Poisoned by farmers, everyone. Not only farmers, but homeowners, highway departments, park superintendents, school yard landscapers – all are in the milkweed eradication business. It’s a weed, you see, and it must go. But take away the milkweed and you take away one of the most beautiful creatures that has ever graced this planet. Monarch butterflies. Without … [Read more...]
The Final Four!
It’s the Final Four countdown! No, not basketball – this is more important than that. It’s the Virginia Final Four Barbeque Restaurant contest sponsored by Virginia Living Magazine. Andy Reams sent me a note recently advising that contest had come down to four restaurants – McCoy’s BBQ in Fredericksburg; Scoot’s BBQ in Gloucester; Triple Crown BBQ in Luray; and King’s BBQ in … [Read more...]
Movie Review: Overcomer
I don’t go to many movies. That’s because there aren’t many movies I care to see. Last weekend, I went to see a movie called “Overcomer”. It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life. Let me start off by telling you what you won’t see. You won’t see any sex or really anything remotely sexy. You won’t see any inane cartoon characters voiced over by Hollywood stars. You won’t see body … [Read more...]
Ragged Branch Distillery
Distilleries are popping up everywhere. We have a number of them now in Virginia and one is pretty close to Charlottesville. Last weekend Nancy and I drove out to nearby Ivy to check out Ragged Branch Distillery. “They make their own bourbon and raise their own cattle for steaks,” Nancy explained on the drive out. Bourbon and steaks? How can you go wrong? Bourbon has always been … [Read more...]
Meatball Lasagna
I saw a recipe for Meatball Lasagna that caught my attention. Everybody loves lasagna, but it can be a little labor intensive. This recipe looked really easy – my kind of dish. I made some – with my variations of course – and it turned out well. Here’s how to make another super easy entrée. The centerpiece of lasagna is the pasta. You can buy it oven ready or the old kind that you boil … [Read more...]
Snapping Turtles Need Protection
By Jo Ann Abell Snapping turtles are in a bit of trouble and the biggest threat is man While snapping turtles are the embodiment of turtles who shared the planet with dinosaurs for a time, they are now obliged to share it with the human species, a far bigger threat to its survival. Each year many females are hit by automobiles in their search for nesting sites, and hatchlings on … [Read more...]
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