SHAKORI April 23, 2011 In which we settle in for much needed play time at our favorite festival of music, dance and just about anything else you can imagine. MUSIC AND DANCE Here’s a man who made an instrument using a tin can, a water bottle, scrap lumber and baling twine. The only new […]
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS March, 2011 Issue #118 R.I.P. TICKY ARMENTROUT Paul “Ticky” Armentrout, 95, of Keezletown, Virginia passed away March 1, 2011. This month we picked up the mail and found a beautiful letter from Betty Armentrout informing us that we won’t be seeing Ticky this year during our annual family visit to the Shenandoah
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BOB’S MUSHROOM LABORATORY March, 2011 HOME MADE FOOD Bob holds an outstanding specimen of Pleurotus ostreatus, an oyster mushroom given him by Adam who grew it in a five-gallon bucket on paper and coffee grounds. We served it for dinner and it resembled Abalone – succulent and chewy, with a subtle seafood flavor. Thanks to
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TRAIL CRAWL 2011 March 27, 2011 In which we honor the tradition of walking through the woods to each other’s homes that Tami and Lyle started eleven years ago. This year, there were four hosts on the trail, each providing food an drink for the walkers – Susan and David, Megan, Tami and Lyle and
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS February, 2011 Issue #117 SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN WITH AMY Amy baked her very first pie this month, using tips grandma Dunton taught Camille thirty years ago in her amazing kitchen in Ithaca, New York. It was Garth’s idea to bake a pie but we thought we’d need to wait until
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Second Annual New Years Day Hoppin’ John Party January, 2011 FULL HOUSE Thirty of our friends joined us for a lucky bowl of black eyed peas, rice and greens on the first day of 2011. Naturally, the crokinole board was in play. CHATHAM FOREST FRIENDS Spot welcomed fist time visitors Lesley and Randy to Trouts
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Second Annual New Years Day Hoppin’ John Party January, 2011 FULL HOUSE Thirty of our friends joined us for a lucky bowl of black eyed peas, rice and greens on the first day of 2011. Naturally, the crokinole board was in play. CHATHAM FOREST FRIENDS Spot welcomed fist time visitors Lesley, Randy and Tim to
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COOKING UP A STORM January, 2011 PEANUT BRITTLE Garth and Amy shelled peanuts grown at Edible Earthscapes and made the most delicious peanut brittle. Making candy can be scary with it’s extremely high temperature, but it isn’t hard. PECAN SHELLING Lyle and Arlo harvested buckets of pecans from the Hewitt’s trees and gave us
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS January, 2011 Issue #116 SECONDANNUAL NEW YEAR’S DAY HOPPIN’ JOHN PARTY The first day of a new year is perfect for welcoming our friends to Trouts Farm. A great time to get caught up, share a bowl of lucky black eyed peas, rice and greens, sip some champagne and orange juice,
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SNOWY HOLIDAY December 26, 2010 HARBINGER We got a portentous dusting of snow on December 4th that lingered in the shadows of the woods for days. BOXING DAY Our world was completely changed overnight on December 25th. We woke on Boxing Day to find Spot wearing a helmet and cape of snow. The
