What is a Tommy-toe?
On a recent post Peggy asked what a tommy-toe was. Here’s the definition: tommytoe noun A small salad tomato, cherry…
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Planting by the Signs July 2022
Amazing what a month of growing can do for a garden. When I shared the best days for planting in…
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Celebrating the Firsts of Summer’s Bounty
The first ripe tomato of the year – a Sun Gold Our garden is coming right along, even though we…
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Trying to Lay the Garden By
Lay by verb phrase To leave a crop to mature after hoeing it for a final time late in the…
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Planting by the Signs June 2022
Growing melons Our garden is growing by leaps and bounds! I swear my rattlesnake beans and tomatoes in the back…
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Finding Treasures in the Garden
“It seems anymore that most areas make me wonder about their history, and gardens have a way of unfolding history…
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Hewing Out a Garden
The Deer Hunter often jokes that we live on a goat bluff. We’re on the north side of the mountain…
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New Varieties I’m Growing This Year
Our garden is coming right along. We’ve been enjoying spring veggies for several weeks now and are looking forward to…
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2022 Best Radishes Ever!
I grow radishes every spring and every fall. I just love them! They always do pretty good for us, but…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Winding Down the Greenhouse
This time of the year we start winding down the greenhouse. Although I’m happy to be planting the things I’ve…
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Living Off the Land – Then and Now
“Yeah, we had a big farm up there. Oh, it’s so pretty, big bottom after you get up there. Some…
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The Joy of a Garden
The Joy of a Garden Give me a plot of ground, a hoe,A mattock, some turned-up earthAnd seeds and plants…
