Golf is special anytime. But tee it up on a clear autumn day in Central Virginia with mountains and changing leaves in the background, and it doesn’t get much better. One of the great courses to get in a round of fall golf is Greene Hills, outside Stanardsville. If you like beautiful, rolling hills at the foot of the Blue Ridge, you’ll love Greene Hills, a semi-private club, designed by … [Read more...]
To Stake or Not To Stake
That is the question! Do you stake tomatoes in the spring or just let them do their thing. This summer, I put up an initial stake, then pretty much let my tomato plants decide where to go. Things looked bleak for my tomato crop with an early raccoon invasion and then a drought, but the plants survived, thrived and I ended up with a decent yield of tomatoes. In fact, my vines are still producing. … [Read more...]
Chuck & Veggie Soup
Tis the season for soup – chilly nights, crisp mornings and autumn leaves tumbling from the trees. So it’s soup time. You can make soup from most any organic material, but I pretty much stick to the basics – chili, chicken and vegetable beef. When cooking up a batch of vegetable beef soup, there are as many recipes as there are chefs. Everybody has his or her favorite, and it’s hard to go … [Read more...]
Boomers and Recycling
Recycling is very fashionable these days among the younger generation, which speaks reverently about reducing carbon footprints, promoting alternative energy sources and buying most any product with the prefix “green”. While today’s generation takes great pride in recycling an aluminum can or two. Boomers didn’t recycle cans, they physically returned milk bottles, soda bottles and even beer … [Read more...]
Fall Fishing is Coming
Capt. Steve Chaconas says that moving lures on the Potomac River will find fish over grass and on hard cover. “The water is cooling into the mid 60s,” he says. “It will be cooling into the mid 60s and lows in the 40s with sunshine going into the weekend.” Tides will be rising until midday, perfect for Lucky Craft G-Splash poppers. Make long casts on 12-pound test Gamma Copoly line. Vary … [Read more...]
Stripers Going Strong
This is shaping up to be an excellent striper season, both in Carolina and Virginia waters. Down at Oregon Inlet, Capt. Reese Stecher and fellow captains have been slamming the stripers. They are even catching some larger fish (28-inches plus) and that fishery will only improve. Reese continues to catch puppy drum and speckled trout, often right along wit the stripers. There are still two full … [Read more...]
Five Guys
After a steady diet of chicken, fish, vegetables, salads and other healthy dishes, there comes a point when you say, “To heck with this. I want some real food. I want a cheeseburger oozing with goodness and I don’t care how many calories it has.” That’s when you find a nearby Five Guys Restaurant and get your food fix, then it’s off to your endocrinologist to try and get your blood pressure and … [Read more...]
Fall With Jimmy O
What better way to spend a crisp autumn afternoon or evening with a glass of wine or an adult beverage and listening to music from Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Dion, the Everly Brothers and even the immortal Elvis Pressley. There’s only one entertainer in Central Virginia who can deliver those goods – and that’s Jimmy O, dedicated to preserving endangered music. Jimmy has released … [Read more...]
Road Trip For Walleye
Walleye in Central Virginia? That’s right, and your best chance for catching one of these delicious fish is at Lake Orange. Lake Orange is owned and managed by the Department of Game & Inland Fisheries. For years, the Department has worked hard to establish a walleye population throughout Virginia. In many lakes they have failed, but apparently Lake Orange is clicking on all four walleye … [Read more...]
Chicken Lombardy
My long time friend, Janice Kaltenbach is, and has been, one of the best cooks I’ve ever been around. Her fried chicken is second to none, nobody makes better potato salad than and her pralines are so yummy they should be illegal. So when Janice shares a recipe or says something she made was good, I pay attention. She told me this past week that she had a delicious chicken recipe. I begged her … [Read more...]
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