Brasstown Has the Perfect Light
Sunrise in Brasstown “It gets gloomy back in the big mountains. Brasstown has the perfect mixture of darkness and light.”…
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Carrot Bread
I’m still on the toasted sweet bread kick for dinner (lunch) every day. This past week I stumbled upon a…
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Finding Four-Leaf Clovers
“I started collecting four-leaf clovers about 1930 when I found the first one. I started up here the other day…
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Katherine Sudderth Interview 1982 – Part I
F.P. Cover and Sons Tannery Andrews NC – The second major industry in early Andrews (Photo from “Marble & Log…
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Ruling Days Predictions – Right so Far
So far the Ruling Days Prediction for 2019 is right on the money. Above average temps and rain! Here’s some…
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Chicken Update
It’s been forever since I told you anything about our chickens. We still have them. Unbelievably we still have two…
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Planting by the Signs
Before I started the Blind Pig and The Acorn I never knew much about planting by the signs. I had…
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How to Cook a Deer or Venison Ham
Even though we love to can the deer meat The Deer Hunter harvests, he always leaves a few hams whole…
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The First Pickin and Grinnin in the Kitchen Spot
Pap and Paul – 2008 Granny wasn’t the only one who had a birthday. Blind Pig and The Acorn turned…
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Riddles 8
After reading my riddle posts from Sidney Saylor Farr’s book My “Appalachia – A Memoir” The Deer Hunter gifted me…
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Joseph S. Hall and Swain County
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Photo from the Dot Weeks collection (Joseph Hall on far left) JOSEPH…
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Starting the Garden Season
The Deer Hunter and I took advantage of the beautiful dry weather on Saturday and did some outside chores to…
