“Nothing is more enjoyable on a bright summer day than a serving of nicely cooked vegetables fresh off the vine. Such was the great eating delight of southern mountain people during the sweaty hard months of the year. Hill country gardens, brimming over with the season’s bounty and situated close to homesteads, enabled housewives to fill their aprons full of beans, tomatoes, okra, cucumbers and such for sumptuous midday repasts. Insistence on fresh vegetables has been a time-honored tradition across…
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Gardening
Can you believe tomorrow is the first of June? I can’t! Our garden is coming right along although as I…
Can you believe it’s May of 2019? I can’t. This year is speeding by at warp speed. I ought to…
Granny has been anxious to get her garden plowed and her spring veggies planted. Over the weekend we managed to…
We have tomatoes, peppers, and a few melons growing in the greenhouse. And we have onions, radishes, beets, and lettuce…
Before I started the Blind Pig and The Acorn I never knew much about planting by the signs. I had…
The Deer Hunter and I took advantage of the beautiful dry weather on Saturday and did some outside chores to…
“My grandmother Cora did everything by the signs. Plant, harvesting, canning and preserving of course but also hog killing, fishing…
Our garden is almost done for this year. We’re still getting peppers, tomatoes, and okra, but that’s it. As with…
Jing Orange Okra This year Sow True Seed graciously donated extra okra seed so that I could deputize @ Large Okra Reporters.…