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The Garden House (Devon, England)

The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley.  The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the  vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle.  The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings  - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier.  Keith Wiley lef...
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Michael's Southern Home Cooking


I'm surprised that I've never written a post about Michael's delicious Southern cooking. He is an excellent cook. His mamma taught him well! While I consider myself a good baker, I'm not that great at regular cooking and unlike him, I have to have an exact recipe to go by. We went to the Farmer's Market Saturday morning and bought fresh okra. We had okra, peas, fried green tomatoes, corn and of course, cornbread. We only eat like this about once a week, otherwise we would both be the size of the house.

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. DJuly 5, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    Phillip, not only looks wonderful but sounds delicious. Love okra but have not grown it in our vegetable garden... brings back many fond memories of living back east. Tell Michael he can whip some up for us anytime. :)

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  2. F CameronJuly 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    He did learn to cook...just like my granny used to make! Yumm....good stuff!

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  3. rebeccaJuly 5, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    What a beautiful plate of food and I know it tasted even better than it looks, somehow.

    I love all your fiesta dishes. So pretty. Are they new?

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  4. Lisa at GreenbowJuly 5, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Now I know why you love Michael so much, it is his cooking. YUMMMMMM I can't bake much of anything but I can make a mean dinner. :)

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  5. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Does that look fabulous!! I just had 'Southern' today, LOVE IT!!!!

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  6. CrystalJuly 5, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    That looks like the sort of stuff my Grandma in Arkansas used to make! My family roots are Southern on both sides, and I do love the cookin' down yonder.

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  7. serial tillerJuly 5, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    This plate envies Paula Deen's and I know...I ate at her restaurant. Now all you need is a glass of sweet tea. I put a sprig of mint in mine..have you tried that? I also stole that idea from PD. Looks dee-licious!

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  8. GailJuly 5, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Delicious!

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  9. RandyJuly 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Mmmmmmmmm mmmm! That looks delicious, but I'm not surprised. He always cooked delcious food when I was there.

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  10. Rosedale GardenJuly 7, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    Fresh mint tea and fresh lemonade mixed half and half. Mary

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  11. UnknownJuly 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Looks like a heart attack on a plate, but what a wonderful way to go!

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  12. aquablueroseJuly 8, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    Oh wow..that looks So Delicious!!

    You are a Lucky Man!!

    You are both so talented!

    Hugs to you and hugs to Michael!

    gerri XXXX

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  13. KrisJuly 9, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    It does not get much better than that. I love southern cooking.

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