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Growing Vegetables the old fashioned way

We can learn so much from our ancestors about growing food.  A century ago, people didn't have to worry about GMO food. They didn't have harmful pesticides in the produce they ate.  Homeowners used chicken manure and cow manure to fertilize their crops. They probably had chickens, horses and cows on their homestead. Therefore, manure was readily available to them. Adding manure to the soil was their way of recycling nutrients.  People dealt with weeds… Read More

Local Author Program at the Regional Library

On April 12 there was a program for local authors at the Regional Library. Over 100 authors were present. !2 people were selected to give a reading from their book. JoAnne was selected and read an excerpt from her 3rd book. JoAnne standing by the featured authors exhibit . Her three books are under the poster. JoAnne's first three books on display at the author exhibit in the main lobby. People checking out the authors… Read More

Local Authors Program

The Wake County Public Library is having a program at the Cameron Village Regional Library at 2:00 PM on Sunday 4/12/2015 to celebrate local authors.  Over 100 local authors will be participating, and 12 authors have been chosen to read a selection from their works.  I have been chosen as one of them and  will be reading  from Ella's Secret Gift, the third book in my Heritage Square Series. Hope to see you there! Read More

Rising up in Spring

Everyone is awaiting spring.  In the Rochester area, a bit of snow is still around.  However, daffodils and crocuses are trying to bring some spring color to the landscape.  Where I currently live in North Carolina,  the forsythias and most of the flowering trees have been in full bloom.  I feel like a crocus that has just popped its head up out of the winter ground. I have spent the last four months recovering from major surgery and from… Read More