As a Southerner through and thru, I wouldn’t be worth my salt if I didn’t have at least one good all-around cassole in my potluck-making ability. You know, during those times when saying, “I bought it myself” just won’t do. [...]
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P. Allen Smith, the fresh face of the South
Days of old have gone with the wind and have been replaced with a refreshing breeze and a fresh face making the South proud. P. Allen Smith is the new face of the South–one that appeals across the nation. The man has good manners, excellent style, and impeccable taste. He is friendly, real, and puts [...]
Moss Mountain Farm, the Garden Home of P. Allen Smith
Looking out from the second floor screened porch at Moss Mountain Farm, the Garden Home of P. Allen Smith, centered me in my understanding of the need to blur the lines between my home and garden. Although rainy and misty, my visit to Moss Mountain Farm was memorable beyond inclement weather. Located 20 minutes outside [...]
Masses of bulbs – why do less? Let’s be like P.
When I visited with P. Allen Smith earlier this spring, the timing was such that I missed the display of daffodils, planted en masse. The photos were enough though to connivence me that I’m not doing enough to enhance my spring. While my attempts were honorable, there were nothing like P’s. I want to be like [...]
Garden Home Retreat at Moss Mountain Farm with P. Allen Smith
With so many of the garden media channels — magazines and TV, putting garden as second billing, such as House and Garden, Home and Garden TV (HGTV), it’s refreshing witnessing someone willing to step outside the boxwood, combining the words, garden and home. P. Allen Smith has blended the blurred lines of life, simply calling his [...]
A writer who gardens…
If you are on Twitter, please join me as I host #gardenchat Monday, April, 18, 2011 at 9 PM EST. It was about 10 years ago when I realized I was no longer a gardener who writes; I had become a writer who gardens. I didn’t understand it at the time, but today, the distinction [...]
Garden2Blog Garden Home Retreat with P. Allen Smith at Moss Mountain Farm
Playing it a little coy, I mentioned to friends I was invited to a media tour in Apirl. “Where?” they ask. “Arkansas,” I answer. This was followed by some lively giggles, via emoticons of lol and rofl characters. I let them get their giggles out before I told them it was to P.Allen Smith’s at [...]
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