Our Recent Hike
On a long hike over the weekend we saw the least mushrooms growing on a laurel branch. Most of our…
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Reflections Part 3
Today’s post is third in a series written by Ron Stephens about his father-in-law Harvey E. Corder and the Blue…
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Catching Chickens
“When I was growing up on Wiggins Creek we raised chickens for hatching eggs. After a flock was a couple…
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Hiking in a Green World
The last hike we went on sent a shock of green to my eyes. Even though May started out on…
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Making a Garden Arch using Cattle Panels
In addition to using cattle panels to trellis our beans we made two arches with them. The larger arch is…
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A Giant Pile of Mulch
I’m so thankful to have a giant pile of mulch in my front yard! I’m even happier it didn’t cost…
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Whippoorwills in Topton
Photo by mass.gov “When I was little, after supper we’d go out on the front porch and listen to the…
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Gardening = Satisfaction
Putting up the cow panel bean trellis was a family project. The girls have been helping us garden since they…
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Happy Mother’s Day from Appalachia – 2020
Granny and Tipper The Louvin Brother’s wrote and performed my favorite song about mothers, “God Bless Her Cause She Is…
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Uncle Henry’s Azalea
Uncle Henry gave me this azalea ages ago. I planted it at the edge of the backyard. Seven or eight…
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Brrr…It’s Blackberry Winter!
Blackberries blooming behind the chicken coop Blackberry winter arrived in Brasstown this week. This morning we woke up to a…
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The Chicken Momma is a Healer too
Today’s post was written by Chitter. Growing chicks As you know I’ve been raising six small chickens in our basement. It…
