Cocktails from Kentucky Bars

Old Forester Mint Julep

If you visit Churchill Downs, you have to go to the Derby Cafe & Bourbon Bar and order a specialty cocktail because you get to keep the souvenir glass. The glass commemorates the current Kentucky Derby. Since we have friends who like to host a Kentucky Derby party each year, the glasses will be put […]

Cocktails from Kentucky Bars

Bisontini Cocktail

Don’t know what happened to my weekend, but I didn’t have time to post a plant based cocktail on Friday. Better late than never! The Bisontini Cocktail (on the right) is the signature drink at The Brown Hotel in Kentucky. Alan had bourbon neat (on the left). Ingredients: Buffalo Trace Bourbon – made from corn, […]

Soil Additives for Bulbs

Soil Additives for Bulbs

For vegetable bulbs like onions, shallots and onions, I rotate raised beds every year. As for flower bulbs, I usually rotate between bulbs and annual flowers grown from seed in containers. When I plant any bulbs in the fall or spring, I like to add one of the following soil additives: 1) My first choice […]