Swing Dancing To a Plant-Based Beat

It was Sunday, November 20th, 2011. I had been looking forward to going to a blues jam at JM Randalls in Williamsburg, VA featuring The Bush League and Seth Stainback , and had convinced my wife of the same. We awoke to a beautiful Sunday morning and lazily hung around the house missing our scheduled departure time by about an hour and headed to Prime Outlets  for some shopping ahead of the 2 o'clock start time for the show. Had a good time there and, in fact, purchased a completely new Cool 18 outfit at the Haggar Clothing Store and wore it out. It was about 65-70 degrees and the jeans were getting on my nerves. I cannot stand to sweat in jeans, drives me nuts! Ended up leaving there a little bit before 3pm, so we didn't make up the hour that we were late in getting away from home. Seth Stainback (Rooster Foot) We arrived at JM Randalls Classic American Grill  and were greeted at the door by Mike Hilton from the Natchel Blues Network . It was our first trip to JM Randalls

It's early November and the leaves are still on the trees, in fact there we are still waiting on the bright fall colors here in central Virginia. We gleaned the garden in September of all the tomato and squash plants and planted some additional crops for the winter. I am hoping to be harvesting from the garden through November, into and possibly through December. I remember, as a child, getting and riding my bike in a t-shirt on Christmas Day. Also of the time my daughter, Caitlin, was swimming in the ocean on a soccer weekend trip to Virginia Beach during the first week of December. So there is hope! One of the things that I think about when I am planning my garden is not only what we like to eat, but also what plants give us the best yield for what would be the retail dollar. There are some plants that simply are not worth the time or space, either because we cannot grow them efficiently or the quality is better in the local market, where farmers grow larger amounts and they are