Category: North Carolina

By now, the wind has emptied the milkweed pods. The goldenrod has gone mousy. All the leaves are down, except for a few tenacious oaks and beeches and an ornamental dogwood that is a reprise of the entire season. Each tree looks more singular — and the woods more intimate — in this bare month than in the thickness of

 If you are of an age like I am, loved the rock music of the late 60’s and later, you really need to check out Wolfgang’s Vault and Vault Radio. This morning I have been listening to live concerts by CSN&Y, Judy Collins (right now she’s singing “The City of New Orleans”), Credence and on and on. They are showing

Ok, my earlier post has led to some time wasting (not really) on the web. Barbara wrote this article back in September 2000. Eliot has a saying: “If you have $30,000, you’ll come up with a $30,000 solution. If you have only 30 cents, you’ll come up with a 30-cent solution. That’s nature’s way. If what you’re doing in the

Ok folks, I guess I am losing it. I first read Eliot Coleman back in the early ’70’s in The Mother Earth News ( I still have the first 10 or 12 years of issues), and I have been reading the “Cook’s Garden” ever since I managed to start pulling in the Washington Post off the Internet. I did not

What is it about Australian apple trees? This tree was grown by Stark Bros and planted on my place a decade ago. It still puts on blooms every fall when it is spring south of the equator.This shot is from this morning…

Talk about a neat idea. All you folks burning wood might want to keep a few boxes on hand for emergencies… Bio Bricks™, a product that is clean burning, produces just 1% ash, is renewable and utilizes low value forest products.   A Connecticut producer makes fifty tons of these a day and can’t keep up with demand.  In fact, the biggest

Looking at the weather report I notice that this is one of those few mornings in the fall where the temperature here in SE Texas matches up rather closely with that of my blogger buddies on the Blue Ridge. Lets me close my eyes and at least feel connected to the mountains. You folks throw another log on the fire

Boy you gotta love the way a bureaucrats mind works. Or is it just typical of this administration? When the facts don’t look very promising, change the definitions… The U.S. government has vowed that Americans will never be hungry again. But they may experience “very low food security.” Every year, the Agriculture Department issues a report that measures Americans’ access

Still trying to find work a rounds for the new Blogger problems. I really like using Picasa, but not being able to post from Picasa is rough. I am finding more that I like about Windows Live Writer (it’s another Beta) (and it posts to Beta, too). It also seems to have some pretty nice picture formatting abilities. And a spell

Fred has a new product coming out…Wander on over and check out the images.  Fish or Cut Bait, the old saying goes. Well, I suppose I’m about to cast my line out and let it drop below the surface and see if there are any fishies about. That might be YOU! I’m hoping here in this first effort to offer notecards