With the abundance of sunshine and heat your gardens are probably exploding with ripe vegetables. Every year I simply love picking out vegetable plants and seeds from Blackhawk Hardware's Garden Center, planting them in our backyard, and watching them grow. Then summer comes around and it's harvest time! Any gardener's favorite time of the year! [...]
For a fast midweek dinner, look no further, this pasta salad is a tasty and beautiful dinner put together in very little time. Grilling boneless, skinless chicken breasts on the Big Green Egg is as easy as can be: Set up the Big Green Egg for direct heat grilling, light it and allow the temperature [...]
Succulents add beautiful texture and dimension to any garden. Thanks to their fleshy stems or leaves in which they store water they are perfect for surviving a scorching hot southern summer. Mind you, they, too, would appreciate an occasional watering if rain has been amiss for a while. Super versatile as they are, you can [...]
Summer is in full swing and we invite you to take advantage of our nicely air-conditioned store at Park Road Shopping Center. Since AC alone will probably not be enough to lure you in, here's a look at some of the incredibly awesome summer living articles we have in stock to transform your summer from [...]
We hope you are having an amazing gardening season with a bountiful harvest! I don't know about you but by half-way through the summer growing season we are wondering what to do with all the fresh tomatoes, jalapenos and cucumbers. Despite that fresh, grown under the sun taste, there are only so many tomato sandwiches [...]
Sometimes all you want is one color, the perfect color, instead of pouring over an overwhelming amount of paint chips and picking a color for each of your home's room. You're looking to move into your new house as soon as possible and to create a cohesive environment with excellent color flow through-out. Well look [...]
One of the iconic American barbecue dishes is, without a doubt, Baby Back Ribs or Pork Back Ribs. So for Independence Day we made this delicious ribs recipe on our Big Green Egg. Fall of the bone, tender ribs - so great! Can't wait to make this again! As an added bonus, we got to [...]
Hummingbirds' fluttery flight-pattern, incredible ability to hover in front of food sources and overall cuteness always makes seeing them a happy occasion. There are several things you can do to encourage them to frequent your North or South Carolina garden including planting hummingbird-attracting flowers and placing hummingbird feeders. North Carolina's Hummingbirds The hummingbird species living [...]
If you've been wondering why the Big Green Egg smoker/grill is so amazing, keep reading! As you may know from visiting our store here at Park Road Shopping Center in Charlotte and browsing our website we have a pretty big obsession with Big Green Eggs. The question is, do we love the Big Green Eggs [...]
Summer is around the corner and that means one thing: the weather in the Carolinas is only going to become more humid and that will bring out all these pesky mosquitoes again. Oh joy! This year we are extra cautious thanks to Zika and other mosquito born illnesses that seem to be spreading globally. What [...]
