Vineyard Gardener
By LYNNE IRONS
I have a word to the wise. After a certain age, the best thing to cultivate in gardening is young friends. A big thank you to Amanda, Zoe, Sam and Marie for all their help last weekend. Hopefully we will grow plenty to eat and share. We put in four different varieties of strawberries (both June and everbearing), turnips and onions. We picked up rocks until our arms didn’t work and hoed until we developed blisters. Everyone remained in good humor, at least to my face.
By LYNNE IRONS
Roseanne Roseannadanna had it right. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. I am grateful to own a couple of vehicles, but wouldn’t you know, two were on the blink in the same day. Everyone should have such problems! The good news was, however, it forced me to stay home and tend my own garden.
By LYNNE IRONS
Nature is so forgiving. The fields and roadsides have greened up this past week as if they never knew winter. Let me say, in defense of cold, dreary weather, my snowdrops and crocus have been looking great for three weeks. I remember a few years ago my tulips were coming into full bloom and we had a record 90-degree day. They promptly fried and were gone by the next morning.
By LYNNE IRONS
Let me just correct last week’s column. It was congressional representative from Georgia John Lewis, not Hughes, who led the three-day civil rights pilgrimage to Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham.
By LYNNE IRONS
By LYNNE IRONS