Monday, April 30, 2012

Old McSharpley had a farm.....

♫♪♫Old McSharpley had a farm ♫♪♫.....
♫♪♫♪ eee i eee i oh ♫♪♫...
♫♪♫And on his farm he grew..........












Well for now, it is lettuce, onions, radishes.......everything but the bacon!

And what a delicious salad these three items make! There is nothing like a hot wilted lettuce salad.




















Recipe for Wilted Lettuce


This year we are trying a new technique...well new for us! It has been around for years. It is called the Three Sisters Garden. The garden area has been tilled. Oh yes.....this is in our FRONT YARD!

Today Farmer Ron planted CORN, SQUASH, and BEANS!
The idea behind the three sisters garden is  ...
" an ancient method of gardening using an intercropping system which grows corn, beans, and squash crops simultaneously in the same growing area that is typically a rounded mound of soil, often called a hill." Click here to learn more about this! ThreeSistersGarden
We are excited to see how this works!










Today, Ron also planted tomatoes, peppers, more beans, beets, turnips, cucumbers, basil.  Gracious! Farmer Ron is going to have to retire so that he will have time to work his garden!














We are also excited about our FIG TREE. Last year the deer and other littler varmints enjoyed this delicious delicacy. This year, we have netted the produce! (and the 22 is beside the back door!)













Would love to hear your suggestions!!! xoxox

PS. Hot out of the garden:



Friday, April 27, 2012

April 27, 2012 Blue Ridge Marathon - Conquer the Blue Ridge

Sit back, fix a cup of coffee, or a glass of iced tea. 
This blog is filled with lots of information and includes the site to my daughter's (Lauren Hartman) blog!
Enjoy the "ride" and be sure to click on her site. 

WOW!!! What an epic weekend! Visitors from all over the United States, came to see our beautiful city! .....and the brave, well-trained, full marathon runners ran right past our house! The weather was perfect for us spectators!
And I AM THE PROUD MOMMA OF THE 1/2 MARATHON RUNNER~~ LAUREN HARTMAN~
She came in 7th in her age division!!!!! 2hours 17minutes!
Click here to see her blog!!! It's pretty awesome...and so is she!

ENJOY!!!