Last week, I had to buy a cucumber. It was 59-cents, and it broke my heart. For the last two months, I have plucked more cucumbers from my vines than there are crispy oats in a box of cereal. I know I picked at least 200 pounds from the 5 vines I planted last spring, hoping that 1 or 2 vines would produce. Well, they all produced, and I have been doling out cucumbers to my neighbors like a poll … [Read more...]
Eggshells Begone
It’s Saturday and you have make a deviled eggs for a Sunday picnic, but you have no eggs in the fridge and you’ll have to buy fresh eggs. That means half of your deviled eggs will probably look like the devil when the fresh eggshells don’t peel neatly. My son, Jimmie, has discovered a secret to peeling fresh eggs. He saw a video with Chef Alton Brown that said if you leave a carton of eggs out … [Read more...]
Watch for Spotted Lanternflies
I got in the car to make a quick run to Aldi’s last week and as I was pulling out of the driveway, I felt something bump into my arm. I looked down and saw what I thought was a moth, and it was lovely with a touch of pink on gray spotted wings. I pulled over, rolled down the window and tried to encourage the bug to fly away. When it saw the opening, it shot out like a rocket, not a moth. A few … [Read more...]
Cabbage Steaks
This is a repeat, but well worth it. Several years ago, I did a piece on shredded cabbage and loyal reader and Nancy Jackson, premiere Realtor in Saluda and Master Chef in her kitchen, sent this recipe for cabbage steaks. Cabbage is one of those veggies we often forget about, but it’s nutritious, tasty, inexpensive, and always available. Plus, sometimes you have a half of a cabbage leftover, … [Read more...]
Man’s Work
There is Man’s Work and there is Woman’s Work. Woman’s Work includes things like dusting furniture, doing laundry, addressing Christmas cards, remembering birthdays, shopping for grandchildren, cooking Thanksgiving Dinner and shoe shopping. Man’s work includes chores such as changing the oil in cars by yourself, climbing on roofs to clean the gutters, replacing the insides of leaking commodes, … [Read more...]
Youth Fishing Day at Lake Orange
Lake Orange will hold its annual Youth Fishing Day this Saturday, September 27 from 10 to 2 pm. It’s a free event for those between 2 and 16 and there will be lots of fun and prizes in store. This will be the last week that Angler’s Landing will be open for the year, but the fishing is wide open. Says Darryl Kennedy, “The water temperature is in the low 70s bass and crappie heading to the shallows … [Read more...]
Billfish Flags are Flying
When a blue water boat hoists up white flags with a blue fish it means that a blue marlin has been caught. Blue flags with a white fish indicate a white marlin. The upside-down flags show that a fish was caught and released and how many. Currently, boats coming back to Virginia Beach have lots of flags flapping in the breeze. The white marlin bite is red hot. This is prime time for billfish … [Read more...]
Affordable Housing
I know a thing or two about affordable housing. I lived in an aaffordable as a boy growing up in Beckley, WV. When Daddy got transferred to Beckley, we lived in rental houses for about three years before buying a new home on Jennings Street. It was a modest ranch style home with an arched roof. It had 2 bedrooms, a bath, a living room, a dining area and a small eat in kitchen on the first floor. … [Read more...]
Thistles: A Beautiful Weed
Travelling along our roads and highways, I have taken a serious interest in the many lovely wild plants we routinely see. Some are overwhelming in beauty, and none were planted. They are as wild as the wind. And the wind is responsible for planting many of them, most notably the thistles. Thistles include a wide range of plants known for their sharp spines and prickles. These beauties will hurt … [Read more...]
Brix and Columns Vineyard
There are now over 300 wineries in Virginia with a new one opening seemingly every week. The experts say that our Commonwealth has the perfect soil and climate for growing quality grapes. I’ll leave that to the pros since I thought Boone’s Farm was pretty good if you got it cold enough. But I do enjoy visiting Virginia’s wineries. It’s a good way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon, especially when … [Read more...]
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