Tag Archives: gardening

Gardening in fiction and real life

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

This time of year in the southern U.S., weather is a mixed bag. We could get cool and rainy, warm with tornado and severe thunderstorms, or we could skip springlike temps and go straight to summer hot. This year we’ve … Continue reading →

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1st harvest of 2015

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Hubby and I are gardening again this year. Our first harvest this year was green beans. Lots of green beans. ( Those are 12″ tiles for basket size reference.) I processed them Monday for over four hours, but will they … Continue reading →

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Rain makes the garden happy

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Things around here are having a growth spurt due to all the rain we’ve been getting. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t get at least one cloudburst. The dogs don’t like it much because it means less time … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ the heat!

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

I wrote the paragraph below in 2011, saved it as a draft and promptly forgot it (Circa 2011) Status for the garden this time last year: Gawd, its been h.o.t. here. So hot Hubby and I had to escape to Florida … Continue reading →