No recall here… I feel like giving these hens a hug
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in Food, Home & garden | No Comments »This morning, Pip, Red and Puny pecked and scratched at the corn kernels and cobs leftover from our last night’s dinner. At some point today, each of the three hens will likely hop into a galvanized tub in the potting ...
Pumpkin farm stop
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Home & garden, People, Travel | No Comments »Before he switched over to planting patches of pumpkins, squash and peas, Mr. Billy Lineberry grew long rows of tobacco. "He was a tobacco farmer, until all that ended," his wife said, then leaned down to pick up their shivering ...
Fall’s backyard and breakfast
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Food, Home & garden, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | No Comments »Fall's coming and the eating is fine. Last night we ate hot forkfuls of smoky orange-yolk eggs, gathered in the backyard and fried with butter and chopped basil. The grill is set under the pecan trees, and we broke pecan ...
Polaroid spring
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Home & garden, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | 1 Comment »I know it's still officially winter, but the fading camellias next to the new azalea and pear tree blossoms brought out the bees in the backyard yesterday. Warblers are stopping in too, on their way to somewhere. I shot a ...
December tea times
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Food, Home & garden, Travel | No Comments »Earlier this month, we were down at the Gryphon Tea Room in Savannah, where they serve a dozen or more teas in fat porcelain pots. The afternoon we were there, a cold front was blowing in. Outside on Bull Street, ...
Runaway driveway supper
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Food, Home & garden, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | No Comments »No ladies-only brunch with pink punch this time. We wanted pork. The occasion was to celebrate with soon-to-be-parents Courtney and Carter, and a traditional baby shower was not in the cards. (Speaking of cards, or anything print, Courtney is an ...
Bees’ life
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Home & garden, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston, People, Wild animals and places | No Comments »Robert Biggerstaff, 72, looks in complete ease in his wide-billed cap as he leans against his garage wall and points out a cedar bee box a few yards away. A few honeybees buzz in and out, stopping at a ...
After two years without a backyard hatchery…
Friday, February 9th, 2007 Posted in Home & garden, Wild animals and places | No Comments »Peter Frank ordered some eggs and turned on the incubator a couple weeks ago, and this week we had a nice hatch of bobwhite quail at the photo studio. I took one little guy home for a couple of days ...