Flowers, food, frogs, family, friends and fun – sounds like a fabulous month to us! MAY FLOWERS From peonies to chives, May is the best month for eye-candy. See more at: May Flowers OUR LITTLE FROG Hangs out by our water feature, eating mosquito larvae and making a splash when we walk by. Obviously […]
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April was alternately wet and dreary, bright and cheery. We savored our last few days with Amy and welcomed Kat, Miki and Justin to Trouts Farm. Edible Earthscapes held their end-of-season CSA work party and potluck and Tami and Lyle threw another memorable party at Shakori. Blooms are blooming, mushrooms are popping and all signs point to
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March was here and gone, a flash of hard work and play. Before we knew it, the landscape had morphed from gray to green. Amy was in town with plans to build her own camper shell, lots of progress was made in the garden and we had fun at a tea party, at The Plant and
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Chasing away the winter blues with a farming conference, community get-togethers, honest work, bird watching and culinary experimentation. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CONFERENCE FOR FARMERS Chasing away the February blues with an energizing gathering of farmers, policy-makers and social activists at Central Carolina Community Conference. Carol gave a presentation on Slow Money (matching local
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Despite frigid January temperatures, we still managed to eat well, party hearty and complete a few outdoor projects. This is perfect weather for writing, and both Bob and Camille have been working on their first books. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Spot made some new friends at our annual Hoppin\’ John Party on New Year’s
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The last month of 2014 was kind of dreary, but mostly cheery with a little celebrating, a bit of puzzling, a Christmas dinner and the birth of a new compost pile. IN THE KITCHEN They don’t call her Cookie for nothing, Camille whipped up a dinner salad of turnips and sun chokes and
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At home in rural North Carolina with winter breathing down our necks, we emptied our cameras, selected twenty-seven photos and cobbled together the following snapshot of our month. LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT Veggies keep marching in the door and we continue filling up our bellies. Bob harvested the last of the peppers before a
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A deceptively normal month featuring emergency vehicles, a big giant claw, foraged mushrooms, monster bugs and another edition of Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, all at home under the sunny blue skies of the longest fall in history. EL JARDIN Where fauna and flora abound. This prehistoric looking bug, measuring one and a half
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In which Bob turns 56, we host another potluck, revisit Camelina, discover the perfect place to walk during spider season, replace some flooring, grow the biggest squash ever and make some soup. 2014 – 1964 Bob celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday this month. Here’s a picture of our beloved Bob celebrating another milestone, his graduation from Kindergarten fifty
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Another fun month featuring mushrooms, house guests, a biodiesel conference, one happy piece of yard art and an uplifting memorial. FUNGUS AMONG US August was a surprisingly big mushroom month. See what we saw at Mushrooms and More THAT FAITHFUL FRIGIDAIRE She’s always there when you need a pick me up
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