Taste of the South

Garden-Fresh Salads

which season I like better: fall or spring. The crisp fall air always brings me comfort, but other than that, springtime is probably my favorite time of the year. Aside from the fact that it is the season in which we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, spring is also a time when we see the abundance of life. Plants begin to sprout, and those sprouts turn into buds, and those buds turn into blooms. The bees and butterflies come, and they spread pollen from one bloom to the next. Fruit is

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