The Things We Took for Granted as City Dwellers

Things We Took for Granted 

When we lived in an urban or suburban environment

1. Curb side trash pick up and recycling
2. City water
3. High speed or "normal" internet
4. Quick trips to the store 
5. City noises and lights like sirens, car horns, traffic sounds
6. Neighborhood noises like mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, loud talkers 
7. 24-hour stores
8. Anything you want within a quick drive
9. Jobs - lots & lots of prospective jobs available
10. School sports
11. Restaurants

My Favorite Biscuits...2nd Place to Grammaw's

Well...I am not my Grandmother.  That's pretty obvious. That lady could make some biscuits that would put our southern fast food chicken n' biscuit places out of business! She didn't use a written recipe and didn't even measure her ingredients. But they were divine. She's gone now and of course so is her family-famous biscuit recipe. Try as I might I can't get 'em right.

So we try various recipes over the past few years and nothing fantastic. No world-stopping results that make us give up the search for the perfect biscuit recipe. But maybe I've found it? I can't be certain since I've only made them once so I'll have to try these again. And again. My daughter has been wishing for a Bojangle's biscuit so I googled that and found a recipe entitled "Bojangle's Biscuits"! Of course, I try them! They were a hit! They weren't quite as greasy as the fast food chain's but I feel that they taste so delicious!

So here's some pictures for you to get your mouth watering! I'll share the recipe soon.

Update: Here is the link to the recipe! :) Enjoy!

This post ranked #3 in our most-read posts of 2015!

Spring Garden Season!

Spring is just around the corner and I, for one, am so very truly excited! We've enjoyed several 80+ degree days already here in south Georgia and I am continuously on the look out for signs of spring!

Back in January, Chief Farmhand Chris planted our North Carolina grown seed potatoes in our creekside potato patch. Those babies sprouted pretty quickly; he covered the sprouts with hay in preparation for a couple of cold nights. Now, all of those potatoes have sprouted and have lush foliage up to 3 or 4-inches tall! Excited to see and eat our Georgia-grown North Carolina tators! ;)

Chief Farmhand Chris sure has been putting the new tiller through its paces! On valentine's day he planted sweet onions bulbs. Over the course of the first four days of March, we were able to plant beets, broccoli, carrots, celery, lettuces (bibb, iceberg, black seeded simpson), both red and white Georgia (Irish) potatoes, and three types of radishes (icicle, scarlet globe, cherry belle).

How's it going?! All the onions planted in February have broken ground and getting taller by the day! The fall garden is still producing small green onions, carrots, and holding our garlic in the ground. That section will be home to pumpkins this spring so we'll keep on using the onions and carrots on a pick-as-you-eat basis and harvest the garlic about mid-April.

What's next?! Let's see...in the front garden we'll soon be planting several varieties of hot and sweet peppers including Anaheim chili peppers and pimientos. We'll also soon be sowing sweet Kandy Korn, a couple types of cucumbers, yellow crookneck squash, zucchini, beefsteak tomatoes, and Roma tomatoes! Yummmmm!!! Chief Farmhand Chris has even more he's planting in the field garden during this planting season - more on that in future posts! You can check out our garden photo album here! (I hope to upload a ton of January and February pics to the album next week.)

Get some sunshine & fresh air this week! Plant some seeds or buy yourself a pretty plant! Paint your toenails & break out the flip flops! Spring...is just around the corner!