Did you ever stop to wonder where ruby red pomegranate seeds oozing sweet, tart juiciness come from? I don’t mean which high-end food emporium or grocery store where you can buy them. I never really thought about it, until I visited the Atlanta Botanical Garden. I saw pomegranates bathing in the sun on rows of […]
Scarecrows, filled with straw, tattered clothing, funny hats, and button eyes, don’t scare me, even at Halloween. After visiting Atlanta Botanical Garden, I have an improved sense of how bodacious and fabulous scarecrows can be. Friendly, flamboyant shepherds of the garden is how I see them now. Atlanta Botanical Garden has an amazing display of […]
My annual Mother’s Day visit to my mom’s house is always an exploration into master gardener heaven. The guard of my mother’s garden of flowers and vegetables is the formidable Benji, Mom’s 1o+ year old bagel (beagle-bassett mix), who bays to introduce all visitors to the house. When I think of Mother’s Day and home, […]
This year we grew collard greens and watched them grow into large, majestic green plumes. I never liked collard greens very much as a child. They were cooked long hours with salted pork meat/fat until they were barely green. As an adult, I’ve been trying to renew my connection to collard greens, probably because Alice […]
