Articles by John Autrey

Article - Gardening; by John Autrey - 11/15/12

From Your Garden

Out of the Hill of Giant Sweet Potatoes

The best thing about giant sweet potatoes is digging them up with seven-year-old grandson Aiden in the kitchen garden behind our house in northern Calvert County. Aiden and I picked out one of the largest hills. Mt. Kilimanjaro, we called it. When dug out, that hill yielded 55 pounds of potatoes, with one 20 inches long and big around as the calf of your leg. Another weighed 11 pounds. To cook one of these behemoths is a feat in itself. First, you cut it in half and maybe...

Article - Creature Feature; by John Autrey - 4/19/12

This Week’s Creature Feature ... Life Among the...

Who’s who in the pecking order

The side porch of our home in northern Calvert County faces east. It’s a great place to have our morning coffee and feel the first warm rays of the sun. It’s also where my wife sets out the hummingbird feeders, so we get to watch the high-speed high jinks of these delicate little birds. As our birds return from Mexico, each year one or two hovers around the very spot where the feeders hang, peeking through the screen as if to say, Okay, I’m back. I know you...

Article - Correspondence; by John Autrey - 6/2/11

Thanks for the Memories

Dear Bay Weekly: I was just beside myself with delight over the latest Bay Weekly with the Summer Memories story, as I know some of the people and places. I especially like Ann Park’s memory as I built an addition on the house and also worked on the Sinyard boarding house — now a bed and breakfast — where she and her family ate $1 chicken dinners. And I loved the story from the fellow [J.C. Bowie} who had a john boat...