Week of December 20, 2020
The week for Christmas means it is time for our TAProots CHRISTMAS COOKIES, an annual tradition for several decades. The highlight this...
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Week of December 13, 2020
A truly enjoyable tradition at the University of Florida is its holiday POINTSETTIA Sale. The UF Institute for Food and Agricultural...
Week of December 6, 2020
Gainesville lies just north of the frost-free line across Florida, so it has infrequent FROST, not every year but certainly several...
Week of November 29, 2020
The early winter is a good time to enjoy the various kinds of GRASSES that are planted in our Florida Garden. Most are well suited for...
Week of November 22, 2020
The Florida Garden has been a wonderful opportunity to grow many families of plants that don’t exist in the North. That said, there are...
Week of November 15, 2020
As the weather in Florida finally moves from summer to autumn, we prepare for a relatively dry season in December through March. This...
Week of November 8, 2020
The Florida Garden continues with some color on a few remaining shrubs and coleus plants, but emerging are some yellow and orange hues...
Week of November 1, 2020
While TAProots Farm has already had frost and even snow, the hot days of summer have finally given way to beautiful AUTUMN weather at the...
Week of October 25, 2020
The rainy summer that brought the profusion of mushrooms also stimulated growth of numerous kinds of LICHENS. Lichens are of course a...
Week of October 18, 2020
One of the first plantings on the TAProots land, almost 20 years ago, was a row of APPLE trees in parallel to the driveway. I was told...
Week of October 11, 2020
Unlike the summer drought at TAProots Farm, the rain was abundant at our Florida Home. Little needed watering from the twice weekly...
Week of October 4, 2020
The flowers at TAProots Farm were winding down in preparation for the coming frosts. Upon return to our Florida Home, we are greeted...
Week of September 27, 2020
After return to our Florida home, we were greeted by our fall fruit crop: PERSIMMONS, which of course we do not have Up North.  In...
Week of September 20, 2020
This week ends our stay at TAProots farm and the Keuka Lakehouse, with the two day road trip back to our Florida Home. Looking back over...
Week of September 13, 2020
KEUCASSIS is what I call the creme de cassis that is made at TAProots farm using our black current bushes which grow next to the...
Week of September 6, 2020
As we close out the summer at the Keuka Lakehouse, fond memories include the wonderful summer foods that are so enjoyable in the Finger...
Week of August 30, 2020
As the summer winds down, an interesting chore at our Keuka Lakehouse is to take down the BIRD NESTS built the previous spring, to open...
Week of August 23, 2020
CAMP PEARSON #2: The waterfront. The Lakehouse of course sits next to Keuka Lake on Keuka Bluff. Generally, the mornings for the...
Week of August 16, 2020
CAMP PEARSON. We have enjoyed visits by our grandchildren to the Lakehouse and TAProots Farm each August. For the last few years, we...
Week of August 9, 2020
As described in a previous blog, the blueberry harvest at TAProots Farm has been excellent this year with constant picking from the end...
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