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heartwarming soups

There is great comfort in a wispy bowl of hot soup on a cold winter day, whether it is the...

fruit compote

I don’t know how many people grew up with fruit compote as a staple of their diet. My grandparents made...

february and fruit trees

I gingerly stepped out the door and a blast of cold air threw me back in. It’s February. So much...

potential

If you were to ask me what was in this pot the simple answer would be snow covered dirt but...

sundial

Since the first stages of planning a garden I envisioned it with a sundial. Said time piece remained in the...

plants for the new year

I really have to start researching new plants for this year’s garden. Every gardener should try at least one new...

working with annuals

Creating themes with annuals is almost like painting, you can create infinite variations of color, contrasting and analogous harmonies, focal...

bottled garden

There is something very poetic about a garden in a jar. Terraria come in all shapes and sizes and provide...

on the window sill

I always felt that amaryllis was too formal a flower, almost artificial in its perfection, until my daughter decided that...

white camellias

We arrived in Fairhope the day after Christmas, when a forty five degree chill accompanied a spectacular orange, purple and...