Tragic in every sense of the word, the accidental death of a child is unimaginably difficult to bear. This unforeseen and untimely death hit too close to home and left us reeling, our hearts broken for our bereaved friends – April 15 through 23rd. HALE AND HEARTY THE WEEK BEFORE The week before his untimely […]
A fruitful month in many ways. We helped birth a conference, Amy came to visit with her new pup, young Nolan continues to flourish and we’re pushing the garden beds and bedding plants into frame for a new season. AMUSE BOUCHE The ladies of Abundance NC hosted Amuse Bouche, a little taste of
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With winter nearly over Bob and Jason dig into Spring projects, Haruka tests out a new bridge, Malcolm and Dashel plant tulip poplars at The Plant, Alisa and Chris throw a tea party, Camille makes cheese from cashews and Amie paints her Boston terriers’ nails yellow and red. TEA PARTY When Chris and Alisa returned from
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A big month of short, cold days featuring our Hoppin\’ John party, some heavy lifting at The Plant, a memorable trip to a local museum and getting snowed in with our neighbors. SEASON’s GREETINGS Just had to share these two milestone photos from our Christmas cards. Catherine and Babe Armantrout celebrated 68 years of
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Our 5th annual open house bean fest – January 1, 2016 We threw our first Hoppin\’ John party in 2010 and host annually with the exception of 2013, when we were living overseas. OFFICIAL TROUTSFARM GREETER Everyone gets their photo taken with Spot, our life-sized zebra mascot. Haruka’s sisters Erika, Nodoka and her niece
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We had a shed that we wanted to move from one end of the property to another. An idea was hatched. If we had enough help, we could cut it loose and pick it up. After weeks of preparation, we set out to prove that “Many hands make heavy work possible.” – January 8, 2016
A visit to the Museum of Life and Sciences in Raleigh with Zoila and the kids – January 20, 2016 FIRST TIME VISITORS While Alisa and Chris were exploring Wales, Camille and Zoila borrowed their son and daughters for a field day. We all fell in love with this museum. It had everything and all of it
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The blizzard of 2016, an epic east coast storm dubbed Snowzilla by the press had us snowed in with the neighbors. Luckily, no one lost power and we all had plenty of food in our cupboards – weekend of January 22 DRIVERLESS ROAD First it snowed and then it froze, turning the Moncure Pittsboro Road into
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In which we celebrate the grand finale to another good year, graced with uncommonly warm weather, local food, generous friends and beautiful family. LOCAL FOOD Edible Earthscapes CSA, brimming with grown-next door goodness, and sourdough bread baked using locally-milled Lindley Mills flour. LOCAL FOOD FRIDAY Bringing Plant denizens together to celebrate our local
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The legacy continues with another year of Spot photos. We picked this idea up at Casa Iguana, a diving and fishing resort on Little Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua where it was the custom to snap a Polaroid of guests posed beside a beautiful stretch of Caribbean beach. Spot, a life sized zebra
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