by Chuck Marshall | Oct 28, 2020 | Hiking, History, Travel
You may want to call it Fayetteville, but it is really Fayette Historic State Park located on the shores of Big Bay De Noc in Lake Michigan. Fayette Historic State Park Our first stop on our Northern Michigan Fall Color tour was Fayette Historic State Park. The park... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Aug 13, 2014 | Food
We have been blessed with a bountiful harvest of cucumbers and zucchini this year, so it is time to make Pickles! Our tiny garden we planted the weekend after Memorial Day is producing more zucchini and cucumbers than we can manage. We’ve started to give it... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | May 26, 2014 | Food, Michigan
Please let the Spring Gardening begin! Mother nature was not kind this year. It was a long, cold Michigan Winter…. We had every intention of covering our raised garden beds with newspapers and leaves to help save the nutrients, but the snow arrived in November... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jul 4, 2013 | Food, Michigan
The Cabbage Looper war in Crazy Charlie’s pickle patch! Finding cabbage loopers eating our cauliflower, kale and brussel sprouts was devastating. We built a 4 foot fence to keep the deer and rabbits from eating our greens, little did we know that butterflies... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | May 31, 2013 | Food
Lessons from the Garden Gnome! Companion planting can be a bit complicated. And yes you must pay attention to the frost warnings. Companion Planting Companion Planting is basically the art of selecting plants that naturally repel the bad insects and attract... 
