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Garden

Spring Garden Tours Atlanta 2023

Garden inspiration abounds in spring. You just need to know where to look for it. Generous homeowners and gardeners open their garden gates in spring and let enthusiastic plant nerds like me walk
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Garden

Spring Plant Sales Atlanta 2023

Support Local Plant Sales September 2023: Check out the Fall Plant Sale 2023 list. Spring is for planting and
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Garden

My Spring Begins With Soil3

This is not a sponsored post. It's just a few words about Soil3, product I use in my garden. My spring begins when my
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on a purple pansy flower

Garden

Plan to Join the Great Southeast Pollinator Census 2023

One of my goals as a gardener is to increase pollinator habitat. So, when my alma mater, the University of Georgia
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Garden

Join Great Grow Along 2023

Learning more about gardening is super easy with the upcoming Great Grow Along event, beginning March 10 and lasting
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Soft blue hydrangea blooms in a garden

Garden Travel

Make Plans for 2023 Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival & Garden Tour

A sure sign of spring ~ my garden tour calendar is filling up! One of my favorites is in my home county and features
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Pink and blue hydrangeas in a terra cotta pot in a garden

Garden Travel

Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival Garden Tour 2021

The 13th annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival Garden Tour took place the first weekend in June 2021. These are my
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Golden brown British flapjacks cookies with cocoa nibs on a baking sheet

Food

A Yank Takes on British Flapjacks

I revisit my ACHB work every so often. I published this on A Cook and Her Books on January 13, 2013: A Cook and Her
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Garden Travel

A Visit to Wave Hill Garden

In June 2022, I visited one of my dream gardens, Wave Hill, in the Bronx., New York. I first fell in love with Wave Hill
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Poultry gravy in a white gravy boat

Food

Thanksgiving Recipes

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Of all the holidays, it's the foodiest and the familiest. I've written about
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