Strathmore's End

The first harvested bundle of 2025 Strathmore's End heirloom garlic! No vampires at this house. 😁

The Christmas spirit has come early this year. It's not even Thanksgiving!! 🎄

Meant to post this a while back. Our first sunflower to bloom this season. Love the striking colors. Waldo, the Cucumber Beetle(?) even adds a little flair.

A quintessential moment..

Signs of Spring.., early asparagus and Shimi, Clem and Wanda awake from their Winter slumber.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Enjoying the Fall colors.

When this old house was originally built it was completely off the grid. Now she's up and gone solar. 🌻

Kristian's 5th great grandfather was Capt. Nathaniel Hart Sr., a founding father of Kentucky.

To make way for a developing Lexington, in the 1940's her grandfather moved his family from their generational home in the "Hartland" / Delong Rd. area of Fayette Co. to a new farm on Bryan Station Rd. in Bourbon Co.. This is where Kristian's mother, Mary Ann, was raised with seven of her siblings. Following the passing of Kristian's grandfather the property was acquired and is now a part of Rosemont Farm.

Mary Ann and her husband, Jerry, raised their family on Mariemont Dr. in Lexington where he still lives. Kristian has an aunt and a cousin living on farms, also on Bryan Station Rd..

Sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 🍎🌳

Not quite the Summer Kitchen of old, but "David's Cowboy Kitchen and Lounge" makes for some fab summer flavor and fun.., mopped up and shutdown for the evening.
https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-a-summer-kitchen-5214353

Interesting interview with Ann S Gillig as she approached her 80th birthday. Due to copyrights we can't post the actual recording, but here's a link for anyone who might be interested. 🎙

Interview with Ann S. Gillig, January 26, 1993 Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries