Smokers – You can attract blight!Nightshade plants like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are in the same plant family that include tobacco. Paul Shea explained that nightshades are very susceptible to blight – it’s a big issue and can wipe out entire tobacco farms. With the smaller scale o...
But each and every year since his death I continue to receive two dozen roses, on or near his birthday, and always with a note full of words germane to what I’m struggling with or going through at the time. I woke this morning as I do every morning – missing Steve. I wished him...
How many roses are Sprinkled with dew How far would I travel Just to be where you are How far is the journey From here to a star And if I ever lost you How much would I cry How deep is the ocean How high is the sky Irving Berlin penned the lines to this song, trying to expres...
Stately walls, acres of roses, miles of oranges, unmeasured fields of cane, colossal sugar-house–they were all there, and all the rest of it, with the slaves, slaves, slaves everywhere, whole villages of negro cabins. And there were also, most noticeable to the natural, as well as to...
I didn’t notice until I looked through my photos the next day that I captured a moment when the gardens appeared to be quiet and lonely. The reality is that the air was not only filled with the fragrance of salt air and roses, but also with the sounds of jazz and people laughing an...