Traipsing In Our Neighbor’s Garden
One of my fondest memories growing up was traipsing around my neighbor’s gardens. My mother was a sporadic avid gardener. I think that just goes with the territory when children under 10 are...
View ArticleTaking a Break from our Traipses
With our lovely summer heat, all our gardens are looking rough. In talking to several friends about traipsing through their gardens, they’ve all asked that we wait until the fall to traipse and...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: The Tractor Festival
The third weekend every September is “Tractor Festival” time at our house. Technically, it’s the Inman Farm Heritage Days. But with over 200 tractors around, it’s become the “Tractor Festival”. Here...
View ArticleTraipsing Through the Apple Orchard
We took a field trip last week to Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, GA. They are known throughout the southeast for their apples. We’ve been hearing about them for years so we decided to round up a few...
View ArticleTraipsing Through Tullie Smith Farm
Over the weekend, we paid a visit to the Atlanta History Center. They were having a special program on the Southeastern Indians that included living history performances, artifacts from various...
View ArticleTraipse Through the Southeast Flower Show
Just 2 short weeks ago, I had the fun of attending my first flower show, courtesy of Geri Laufner. I met Geri through #herbchat on Twitter, where she hosts and shares herb gardening wisdom of all...
View ArticleVisiting Mr. Chip and His Plants
Last month, we had the fun of visiting the Bonnie Plants Nursery in Alvaton, Georgia. The Wonder Kids were excited to go on a field trip, especially since we brought along Papa Peach and Nana Banana....
View ArticleTraipsing Through an Imaginary World
Our fabulous Atlanta Botanical Garden is playing host to some amazing garden sculptures. As soon as the Wonder Kids saw the advertisement in the Sunday paper, they started begging to go see the...
View ArticleTraipsing Across the Street
We have the joy of having wonderful neighbors. In our old neighborhood, we were surrounded by other families that welcomed us and created a delightful neighborhood family. It was hard to leave them...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Inspiration at the Atlanta History Center
If you get a chance, please visit the Atlanta History Center. The whole family will enjoy it. The post Wordless Wednesday: Inspiration at the Atlanta History Center appeared first on Modern Mia...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Neighborhood Inspiration
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View ArticleA Botanical Trail, Part 1
While we were living away from the coast, a local garden club created a botanical trail at one of our local public parks. Imagine our surprise when we went for a traipse to the Wonder Kids’ favorite...
View ArticleOne Last Traipse to See the Ogre
We made a trip back to Atlanta to visit Nana Banana and Papa Peach earlier in October. We had promised to take them on a traipse to see the Imaginary Worlds before we left the Atlanta area but the...
View ArticleA Colonial Kitchen Garden
On our latest visit to Fort Frederica National Monument (just across the marshes from us), we discovered a colonial kitchen garden recreation. The Park Service and a local garden club have recreated,...
View ArticleDrooling in the Zoo
The Jacksonville Zoo is one of our favorite family adventures. The Wonder Kids each have “their animal” we have to visit each time. Boy Wonder #2 always visits the Komodo dragon, Boy Wonder #1 always...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Blooms from Selby Botanical Garden
More photos and description of our traipse through Selby Botanical Gardens tomorrow. The post Wordless Wednesday: Blooms from Selby Botanical Garden appeared first on Modern Mia Gardening.
View ArticleTraipsing Through Selby Botanical Gardens
While we were on vacation earlier this month, we had an opportunity to wander through the Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. I absolutely love botanical gardens and this one did not disappoint. It is...
View ArticleTraipsing Through the Community Garden
We had a rare chance today to visit one of my favorite community gardens. It’s a plot of land behind a small airport that has been home to a community garden for years. Since I became interested in...
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