Green Market A friend and I have a standing date to spend Saturday mornings at the West Palm Beach Green Market. Besides the fresh air and sunshine, vendors’ booths are filled with good things… fruits, flowers, seafood, vegetables, spices, baked goods, etc. If you have an urge for a little something to eat, just sniff […]
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October in Missouri
October 18th, 2012 1 Comment
Birthday Season Each year in mid-October, various members of the Steinhoff clan head to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for a few days. Any family members whose schedules are flexible come together to celebrate my mother-in-law, Mary Steinhoff’s, birthday season. 2012 is her 91st birthday. Mother Nature’s Palate Along with birthdays, it is time to celebrate nature’s amazing fall colors. One […]
Tags: autumn · Cape Girardeau · fall · leaves · maple trees · Mary Steinhoff · MO
Gardeners in the Family Tree
September 8th, 2012 1 Comment
South Florida’s Wilting Summer Florida summers are ‘off time’ for gardeners, and I am no exception. What the plague of worms, six-legged pests, fungus and nematodes didn’t get last spring, the Florida heat and oppressive humidity of the summer would wilt. Start up for the garden will be sometime in October. In the meantime, a […]
Tags: Christina Hoffman · garden pests · garden season · L. V. Steinhoff · Malcolm Steinhoff · Matthew Steinhoff