Whitney Anderson Gardening

Cooking, Holistic Living
Organic Food, No meal planning, No shopping — winning!

I post on Facebook and Instagram regularly about how much I love Green Chef, but don’t think I’ve mentioned…
February 13, 2017
Cooking, Recipes
Apple & Cinnamon Oatmeal

This oatmeal recipe is from my Mom and I absolutely love it. Nothing beats homemade oatmeal. She used to…
January 9, 2017
Roanoke Valley, Virginia
Fall Sunrise

I try to always take a day off when the fall colors emerge. I started the day by heading…
November 7, 2016
Holistic Living, Safe Beauty
Transition to safer products

I have been thinking about a safer, non-toxic household for several years now. I have made small changes along the way,…
September 12, 2016
Travel
Books to add to your list

When I can’t travel, I like to read about travel. I’m sharing some of my favorite travel-related books or books…
August 8, 2016
Roanoke Valley, Virginia
Dine with the Vines

Yesterday evening, we had a massive thunderstorm and downpour right as we were about to head out to a…
August 1, 2016
Roanoke Valley, Virginia
Beliveau Estate

I’m just now posting about our visit to Beliveau Estates Winery a few weeks ago. We had been before, but…
July 6, 2016
Virginia
Pippin Hill

While in the Charlottesville area for the lavender workshop, I decided to come back to Pippin Hill. I had…
June 27, 2016
Nature, Virginia
Lavender

After attending a peony workshop at Pharsalia in May, I was anxious to return and signed up for the Lavender…
June 23, 2016
Virginia
Horticulture Garden

We finally had our family photo shoot after having to cancel it 3 or 4 times due to crazy…
June 11, 2016
Cooking, Recipes
Strawberry Shortcake (actual shortcakes)

This homemade shortbread is a must-have recipe for the perfect strawberry shortcake. Move over, boring cakes, this shortbread is…
June 2, 2016
Travel, Virginia
How to be a tourist at home

We love to travel. And, we love our kids and are extremely lucky to be parents. But for us,…
May 17, 2016