Strathmore's End

07/03/2025

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

11/24/2024

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

08/22/2024

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.

06/14/2024

A quintessential moment..

03/16/2024

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

12/23/2023

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

10/21/2023

Enjoying the Fall colors.

10/21/2023

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

08/11/2023

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. 🍎🌳

08/10/2023

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

08/10/2023

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. 🎙

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries