New Year’s Tradition Our family welcomes the New Year with traditional food. We usually have ham, black-eyed peas and greens for good luck and prosperity in the New Year. Broccoli We planted broccoli for the first time this past October. It has come up and is way bigger than I thought it would be. The […]
Greens for the New Year
December 31st, 2013 3 Comments
Tags: above ground garden · broccoli · cooked greens · Jan Norris: Food and Florida · Raised Garden · Vegetables
Tis the Season…
December 24th, 2013 2 Comments
Memories and Tradition The Steinhoff’s Christmas is a trip down a very long memory lane. Some of our traditions are relatively new, like using a non-traditional tree. Some of the memories are tied to ornaments that are more than 40 years old, some of which were made over the years by family members. Some decorations […]
Tags: Christmas Ornaments · Christmas tree · Norfolk Pine Tree
More Wind
December 13th, 2013 3 Comments
Blowing Again On a calm day, a wind spinner adds a bit of color to the garden, but when the wind blows… Wind Spinner I mentioned previously that the winds in south Florida have been substantial enough to cause the plants in my raised garden to lay over or be pulled right out of the […]
Tags: above ground garden · Raised Garden · wind · wind spinner
