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BOUNTY BEFORE THE FROST<\/h3>\n
Giant white turmeric, and the last of our sweet peppers harvested before first frost.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not much of a show, but enough to warrant a walk at Jordan Lake Dam where the bottled Haw River squeezes through a concrete dam and continues along its way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A spillway still roiling with rain water, and debris cornered by the dam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pittsboro notables witnessed the official ribbon cutting of Starrlight Mead with Ben Starr at the helm of a really big knife, co-starring his wife, Becky.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob scored big time at the Thanksgiving Eve edition of the Pittsboro Farmer’s Market with daikon, salad turnips, carrots, lettuce, baby spinach, winter squash, and sweet potatoes. The ensuing menu included: tetrazzini and spinach, seitan cutlets with baked sweet potatoes and gravy, minestrone soup and salad, macaroni and cheese with roasted pumpkin, and a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two in the oven and three on top. Camille tries out her brand new baster on the meatless roast and accompanying root veggies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Line it up and land them: chestnut sausage dressing, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes, peas, gravy, and roast. With canned cranberry sauce. Although some turn up their noses at the jellied version, we prefer it. It’s what we ate as kids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A big thank you to our local farmers. We are thankful for our rich diet, each other, and our health. Here is a link to Camille’s Thanksgiving gratitude post: Prosperity Day<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The only new thing we brought into the house on Black Friday was a white rose we found in our garden.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our front porch railings were falling apart, so Bob decided to rebuild them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob uses brute force to tear out the old railing down to the posts, which Camille sands smooth for painting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three hours later we had rebuilt the railings without one iota of marital conflict, and in another couple of days had them shimmering beneath two coats of white paint.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nolan turned three on the 19th. Have we mentioned that he has the best parents ever?<\/p>\n THIS MONTH’S QUOTES:<\/span><\/p>\n “Our society was utterly, ruinously derivative (although the word derivative as a criticism is itself derivative). We were the first human beings who would never see anything for the first time.” – Gillian Flynn from “Gone Girl”<\/span><\/p>\n “Compassion is not a sign of weakness, discretion is not an indication of insecurity, and patience is not the earmark of apathy.” – Camille Armantrout<\/span><\/p>\n “Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut<\/span><\/p>\n The easiest way to locate a page or photo from past issues is with this handy Search Engine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Get the back story via our blog at Plastic Farm Animals<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Art and flowers, home improvements, a grand opening, fall foliage, a meal that couldn’t be beat, and local food abundance. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ART IS WHERE YOU FIND IT <\/p>\n \n In a bouquet of azalea, hydrangea, ginger, and asparagus, or inside a stainless steel tank of in-process apple brandy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BOUNTY BEFORE THE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[491,398,340,300,490,202],"class_list":["post-12323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-album","tag-carpentry","tag-jordan-lake-dam","tag-peppers","tag-roses","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turmeric","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12323"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12368,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323\/revisions\/12368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nFALL COLORS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nHURRICANE LEFTOVERS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nSEEING AN OPENING<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nOUTSTANDING BOUNTY<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nFIVE POT MEAL<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTHE RUNWAY<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTHANKSGIVING DINNER<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nBLACK FRIDAY ROSE<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFACELIFT<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDECONSTRUCTION<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nPRIDE IN A JOB WELL DONE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nBIRTHDAY BOY<\/h3>\n
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