Our Soon To Be Little White Farm House in the 'Boro

So, technically, it is a "Cape Cod" style house, but in my eyes, it's a Farm House!

With careful planning, some luck, and a lot a patience and a lot of paperwork, this baby and the 3+ acres that she sits on, will be ours with the beginning of the New Year.  We are, as they say, "Under Contract."  Already thinking those little round bumpkins of bushes will be replaced with purple Bearded Irises this summer - with, perhaps, yellow roses flanking the steps.  She needs a little TLC, but she is structurally sound.  We should be able to grow old together quite nicely.

Journal Entry 2014-12-04

Gardening in Middle Tennessee

Cannot believe it is already December! We have seriously begun looking at homes. I really, really want a lot of acres; however, also need extreme Internet, affordable mortgage, and a commute that won’t kill me. So we are looking at a four acre lot in town in a neighborhood. I’ve been playing with the plat map. I could do a lot with this.

[Note 2017-12-07: We bought it in 2015!]

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Yummy!

Cupcake & Truffle at the Cupcake Kitchen in Chattanooga, TN.

Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: Nikon AF-S 55-300mm ED VR Zoom
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/60 sec
ISO: 640
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Focal length: 48mm (35mm = 72mm)
Max aperture: 4.9
Metering: CWA
Available light

Journal Entry 2014-01-07

Gardening in Middle Tennessee

Hope it warms up soon.  I’m feeding the birds.  I bet Mr. Cardinal and his lady wish they had migrated this year.  Woodpeckers and something with a greenish yellow belly are visiting, also, along with our local squirrel family.

The New Year always brings the desire to start tomato seedlings.  Still two months before I should start them!  Especially since this might be an extra-long winter.

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Journal Entry 2014-01-07

Gardening in Middle Tennessee

Unusually cold winter - cold vortex, as they are saying on the radio.  Extra cold everywhere.  In the negatives in Nevada.  Down to one degree F this week here in TN.  If it doesn't kill the trees, should be a great year for peaches and apples.

DO NOT START TOMATOES!

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Journal Entry 2013-12-29

Gardening in Middle Tennessee
Sunday
Starts my January Book.

Last week found that my last Farmers Market sweet potato had sprouted - so of course, I couldn't cook it - had to put it in a cup of water.

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Journal Entry 2013-09-13

Gardening in Middle Tennessee.

We are less than 300 feet from a small lake - meaning lots of skeeters - and the wonderous (sic) chirping of thousands of frogs. I have so missed such a chorus. And, of course, I hope all those frogs are eating LOTS of insects!!!

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Journal Entry 2013-06-02

Gardening in Middle Tennessee

• Strawberries, peaches, lettuce, small garlic, and jams from yesterday's farmer's market.
• Adding things to my Evernote Farm Files
• Not sure when the local farmer planted corn, but it is over a foot high now
• First of my Costoluto Genoveses are ripening. Small toms - probably a reaction to the plant almost dying. [2013-06-08 Turned out they were cherry tomatoes that had inter-twined with the Costoluto Genovese. Explains why they were small.]

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Farmers Market

Opening Day at The Farmers Market

Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: Nikon AF-S 18-55 mm ED VR Zoom
F-Stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/500 sec
ISO:400
Exposure Bias: +0.7
Focal length: 44 mm (35 mm = 66 mm)
Max aperture:4.8
Metering: CWA
Photoshop: cropped to 5x7

Opening Day at The Farmers Market

Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: Nikon AF-S 18-55 mm ED VR Zoom
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/125 sec
ISO:100
Exposure Bias: +0.7
Focal length: 44 mm (35 mm = 66 mm)
Max aperture: 4.8
Metering: CWA
Flash: Fill Flash with diffuser
Photoshop: cropped to 5x7

Assignment: Farmers Market

Look for Hicklofarms for those baked goodies - at gmail.com

Farmers Market

Kelley's Berry Farm

Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: Nikon AF-S 18-55 mm ED VR Zoom
F-Stop: f/25
Exposure: 1/13 sec
ISO:100
Exposure Bias: +2.3
Focal length: 55 mm (35 mm = 82 mm)
Max aperture: 5
Metering: CWA
Photoshop: No color adjustment;
     cleaned up strawberry juice on plate
     cropped to 5x5

Assignment: Main Street Farmers Market, Murfreesboro, TN
The best thing about this kind of shoot - you get to eat the subjects!

Visit Kelley's Berry Farm at http://www.tnfarmfresh.com/FarmDetails.asp?id=14