Plant of the Week: Chaste Tree
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Chaste tree may be one of my new favorite plants! It looks an awful lot like a butterfly bush, but it grows to a larger size. Vitex...
David Locke
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How to have an amazing and easy pool party for the kids
Pool parties are our children’s favorite parties! Each year they look forward to hosting their school classes on the last day of school....
David Locke
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The FDR Martini
My friend and local author Kathryn Smith who has written many historical and biographic books about the early twentieth century and the...
David Locke
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Add Apple Juice to Make Margaritas Less Sweet
Handy Dandy Helpful Hint for Cinco de Mayo- Are you making Margaritas but find them a bit too sweet? Cut the margarita mix in half with...
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When you begin to realize gardening is making an impact on your children
Amidst whining and complaining and saying daddy it’s a weekday, daddy it’s the weekend, daddy it’s the afternoon, do we have to help you...
David Locke
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Collecting Easter Eggs
I guess I’m one of those people who starts collections of all sorts of things! Is it a curse or a blessing? I’m not sure which, but I’ll...
David Locke
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Filling a Container with Easter Eggs
Handy Dandy Hint- Fill a container with Easter grass and eggs. Don’t, have enough grass? Use some crumpled paper or paper towels to add...
David Locke
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Cleaning Under the Sofa with a Blower?
Jellybeans, Legos, half eaten sticks of gum, Nerf bullets, wrappers, dust bunnies and dog hair, no, this is not the contents of a child’s...
David Locke
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The Best & Easiest Broccoli
Feeling better about your diet is easy by just adding a bit of green. Need a fast veggie? Sure you do! Nothing beats a plate of “little...
David Locke
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Leave the Leaves
Increasingly as suburbia spreads and more lawns appear in what once was fields and forest. Lawns, which I love essentially become an...
David Locke
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CrossFit & Yoga, Who Needs It? I Have a Garden!
I often joke that I don’t need CrossFit or yoga that I have a garden. Pulling weeds or vines for three hours or digging a hole burns a...
David Locke
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Building a Real Fire Pit- Garden Journal
When I set out to create my one and a half acre woodland garden I truly had no idea the amount of debris that would be produced! Much of...
David Locke
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Delving into Red Wine
A young friend that recently married and had their first child asked me how to get into the world of red wine. Red wine intimidates many...
David Locke
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Red Headed Stepchild
My wife and I have a favorite restaurant in Saluda North Carolina called the Purple Onion. On a late November trip up the mountain from...
David Locke
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Beverly’s Best Homemade Dog and Cat Treats
Our amazing friend Beverly Childs is dog shower extraordinaire and executive director of our county museum. These are two recipes she...
David Locke
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Tessa’s Cinnamon Rolls
My cousin Tessa Stone is a baker extraordinaire, recently graduating with a culinary degree and pastry degree. She is such fun to talk...
David Locke
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Top 10 Small Touches to Make Your House Feel Holiday Ready Even If You Don’t Put Up A Tree
1-Christmas Scented Hand Soap We always head to Bath and Body Works for a few Christmas hand soaps. Scent triggers so many deep memories...
David Locke
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Garden Journal: A New Measure of a Manhood- Buying a Chain Saw
I’ve found a new measure of manhood I didn’t know existed. Just like the first time you drive a car, shoot a gun or get married, one more...
David Locke
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The Fun of an Advent Calendar Tradition
When I was a child I was always fascinated by advent calendars. I would see them on television and movies but never saw them for sale. I...
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Christmas in the Bedroom?
Everyone knows the things that most people decorate for the holidays; the mantle, the Christmas tree in the family room, the wreath on...
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