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Blueberries Farmers, cooks, readers:  Do you have photographs and recipes about blueberries to post here?  Today, I am featuring an excerpt about blueberries from a beautiful website called www.treesofantiquity.com .  There are a number of excellent features on this particular website—all of great interest to me in my goals of learning more about local harvests, trees (including Christmas tree farming) and local crops (including buying, selling, and sustaining local crops). I came across www.treesofantiquity.com while looking for heirloom seeds and for small trees to plant—with encouragement and instructions.  This site has both of these answers (about heirloom seeds and plants –and about trees, including purchasing and planting your own) in abundance.  If you have recipes to share on this site,  please send an upload or attachment to “Justy Leigh” at goodhopeheart@gmail.com for publication here on the   www.goodhopeheart.blogspot.com  ...
Scrumptious Sweet Potato Souffle --or Casserole --and: Did you know sweet potatoes are NOT yams?  Recipe from Exemplary Southern Cook (and Distinguished English Professor--Mentor and teacher of teachers...former missionary, former bookstore owner...and so much more... Me:I know you are busy, but Lilburn Patch posted list of sides favorite for Thanksgiving, Christmas dinners—and the list is by State.  Georgia favorite is sweet potato casserole. May I have a recipe to post on my new website goodhopeheart.com (specifically, my blog: goodhopeheart.blogspot.com … Barbara Wilson (an outstanding cook, mother, gifted English teacher —excels in every area of her life and has been my friend, my mentor, and my role model)—note that she responded to me within five minutes (on Thanksgiving Day, while preparing dinner for her children and grandchildren).  She pays close attention to the comfort of all her guests. She responded to me with a recipe that she had changed because one o...
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Good Hope Gazette--See other two posts for all about Christmas tree farms and making day long plans complete with Santa, hayrides, hot chocolate...Working in a couple of recipes from the 1998 The Best of Georgia Farms  Cookbook and Tour Book for some classic favorites. According to today's online 'Lilburn Patch' article with a list, a favorite for Georgia fans of Southern style cooking is sweet potato casserole*. We could have some postings of family favorites here, and I know will vary from sweet potatoes with marshmallows; nuts; raisins; cream cheese--I watched a Mexican style concoction of bright orange sweet potatoes take on a light and creamy appearance as the cook stirred in what she called 'Mexican cream.' She says it is savory, and it looked the consistency of the custard like Eagle Brand milk in the little cans my mother used to make lemon pie with graham cracker crust (recipes were on the back of the label that wraps around the small can. But we are talk...
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GOOD HOPE GAZETTE  November 21, 2017 Scan down to see different tree farm locations and activities in Georgia. Then see recipe for what is considered a favorite Georgia side dish with Turkey:  sweet potato casserole from a 1998 publication from Georgia Department of Agriculture called The Best of Georgia Cookbook and Tour Book edited by Fred Brown and Sherri M.L. Smith with illustrations by Garry Pound.  Also: Scripture cake You can find many more Christmas tree farms throughout Georgia and over the nation by using the links in yesterday's post and if you click on the Georgia Christmas Tree Association link here--you can  look around there.  I noticed that several of the 'Features'include hay rides, Santa Claus, free wrapping and tree disposal bags, free coffee, free hot chocolate, free cake...coloring books, crayons--and varying times and locations.  So here are some sites with directions, times, shops on premises..These are just in Georgia and the li...

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This is the launch of a new blog about home, food, shelter, and clothing closer to the way we want to be: fresh, loving, poetic, artistic, clean, pure, fragrant, abundant, curious, inquisitive, adventurous, daring, supportive, theatrical, strong, brave, and open to the dance of life. We will plant seeds together here: Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, And I am prepared to expect wonders. Henry David Thoreau The Dispersion of Seeds'= Fresh, fragrant Christmas trees as Sustaining Trees and Gentle Crops For all things Christmas tree--and other gifts and trees, what about getting a tree from a tree farm?  in Georgia you can find where to go and what you will find at the link below--and at the link below that one, there is a map with click in to find icons for all the other sta (note just put your state instead of Georgia-ga-after the final forward slash) O...