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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Blooms du jour

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

A squash bloom Bee balm

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Road trip: The headwaters of the Dan River

Monday, June 9, 2008

Near Westfield on N.C. 89 The Dan River begins in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The area includes Stokes and Surry counties in North Carolina and Patrick County in Virginia. I took a little road trip through this area today. It was hot, but I just couldn’t take another day of […]

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At least the garden likes the hot weather

Monday, June 9, 2008

Baby squash Baby tomatoes

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Deckage

Thursday, June 5, 2008

A little bit of deck goes a long way in making living in an RV more pleasant. The job took only a day, thanks to my brother’s skills and nice tools. His pneumatic nail gun really sped up the job. After the house is done, I plan to keep the little trailer as a guest […]

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A ride up Booger Swamp Road

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Yes there is a Booger Swamp Road. I believe it’s in Zip Code 27055 if you want to Google it for yourself. Californians, here’s what young Carolina flue-cured tobacco looks like. This is the kind of tobacco that is made into cigarettes. This is on Center Road, one turn off Booger Swamp Road. I’ll try […]

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We do have readers…

Monday, June 2, 2008

I don’t know a great deal about who reads this blog, but we do get readers, and traffic has grown each month. Much of the traffic seems to come from Google searches for both terms (“creecy greens”) and photos.

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