While cultivated collards, turnip greens, and mustard varieties have been known to escape or naturalize and grow wild in old garden plots, it was common practice to plant them in late summer and early fall with other cool weather crops. People also planted late cabbage and turnips for storing through the winter, and the fall garden assured them of a good supply of fresh greens after the warm-weather crops finished coming in. Esco Pitts elaborates: “For a fall crop, we…
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“Making syrup required a lot of hard work from the planting through the pouring up of the molasses. I remember…
Our summer garden is winding down. We’re still getting okra, a few tomatoes, peppers, ground cherries, peas, and green beans.…
Some parts of our garden are thriving and others are suffering. We had almost two full weeks of daily rain…
We ate the first fresh corn of the year last night for supper. It was so good! It didn’t come…
Letter from Almond, NC published in the Bryson City Times (July 31, 1896). “Most of our farmers are done laying…
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. The Baccer Patch The worst memories of my young life are of…
I hope to get some more squash, zucchini, and peas planted this month. I like the benefits of doing succession…
The recent rain we’ve had has our garden growing by leaps and bounds! We had our first mess of bush…
Onions, kohlrabi, and beets We finally got a good soaking rain and boy did it do the garden some good.…