chicken salad recipe

My daughter-in-law, Lisa, formerly owned a tea room and all tea rooms serve chicken salad. She made hers homemade and gave me this recipe.

Boil the chicken breasts, either shred the meat by hand or food processor to chop. Add mayo, slivered toasted almonds and sliced grapes. And here comes the secret ingredient - sprinkle liberally with lemon pepper. It is the 'making' of a wonderful chicken salad. GrannyBett

Why travel to Callaway Gardens? Just come with me and admire our azaleas.


We'll take a turtle with us that I found along the driveway. I named him Pierre but disowned him shortly after because he had an "accident" on me. Who knew a turtle could hold so much liquid.

Enjoy the tour




Anyone need a break before we resume the tour?






Remember, I have cuttings of many hard to find heirloom plants, hostas, redbud trees, rosebushes. You name it. I've probably rooted it and got a pot (not the smoking kind) just waiting for you.


The miniature donkeys enjoyed the tour and I hope you did too. Come and see us!

more babies

Okay, I told you to stay tuned. Grandaddy and I went to the barn to feed this morning and there were two more babies, a male and a beautiful solid brown female. One of the pregnant mamas had taken one of the babies and was claiming it (this happens often). The big problem with that is that she doesn't have any milk yet till her babies get here. And mama goats have colostrum for the first 24 hours, which really isn't milk, but the babies have to get it for a good start. We had to pen the real mama up with her two babies to keep the pregnant one from claiming it as her own.
As I said before - stay tuned. GrannyBett

baby goats

When we got home from church Sunday night we went to the barn to check on the very pregnant goats and found that one had two babies, a male and a female. One of the mamas is going to burst if she doesn't deliver soon. We just hope it's not more than two babies; it's hard for the mother to see after more than two. They can have three, four or five babies. Stay tuned for news of more births.

Roundup safety

When you're using Roundup you can get close to your desirable plants by placing a nursery pot over the plant if it's small; then you can spray the Roundup with no danger to the flower. If the plant is larger you can use a baffle or some sort - an old sign, a piece of cardboard held on the ground and up against the plant and get really close with no harm. It helps to have someone else hold the baffle. I've even sprayed near very large plants by getting someone to hold a sheet near the plant while I'm spraying the Roundup. Save money by buying the Roundup ready-to-mix instead of premixed. You can buy a 2-gallon pumpup sprayer for not much money. GrannyBett

I've been asked about how to clean your kids' dusty stuffed animals. Just put them in the dryer on the cool air cycle for about 10 minutes. Can add a few throw pillows and a good time to add the tablecloth from the bedside table. All the dust is gone to the lint filter. GrannyBett

oven door glass cleaner

Is the glass in your oven door grease splattered? The old standby cleaner that's the cheapest and makes grungy things sparkle, ammonia, is poured into your dishcloth and wiped onto the glass to wet it well. Then use a paint scraper (the kind that uses a razor blade) to scrape away the grease spots. Keep the area wet with the ammonia while scraping. Rinse well and it's sparkling clean.

using leftovers

You won't use leftovers if you don't see them in the fridge. The best way to know at a glance what's there is put leftovers in a container with a piece of plastic wrap on top and secured with a rubber band which keeps the food airtight and usable for a longer time. Then plan your meal so that these "plannedovers" are used. Stretches your food dollar, a large expenditure in our budget.
Also, to save room in the fridge buy a package of gallon-size plastic bags (the kind secured with a twist tie, not zip lock type, which are much more expensive and don't seal as well as the twist tie). Use these to store leftover tossed salad, rice, fruit, veggies. You'll find all sorts of uses for fridge storage with these bags.

prune rose bushes

Gardening advice: The first week in March is the best time to prune roses. The Knockout variety and all other of the shrub-type roses can be pruned as far back as desired. Climbing roses don't usually need pruning, except to remove dead canes as needed. Once new growth begins fertilize with a half-cup of 10-10-10 fertilizer. Repeat the fertilizer every 4-6 weeks during the growing season and water as needed during drought. You'll be rewarded with bushes full of bloom.

heart attack treatment

A close friend recently experienced chest pain, shortness of breath and perspiring while in church. His wife gave him a 325 mg. aspirin, a lifesaving treatment till the ambulance arrives.
I've now placed aspirin in a small snack-size ziploc bag in our cars and in my purse.

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