Eating Cabbage in the Mountains
“Southern mountain folk have been growing and eating cabbages for over three centuries now, and mostly loving every minute of…
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Egyptian Walking Onions
Egyptian onions, also called walking onions are a perennial plant. Although the onion tastes the same as other onions, it…
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Thankful November – Eating Turnips
“We raised great big turnips—people don’t raise turnips like they did then. Old people had great large turnips back then,…
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Ground Cherry Pie
Ground cherries grow wild around and in our garden areas. The plants always produce, but this year they’ve made a…
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Garden Greens in Appalachia
While cultivated collards, turnip greens, and mustard varieties have been known to escape or naturalize and grow wild in old…
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Making Syrup
“Making syrup required a lot of hard work from the planting through the pouring up of the molasses. I remember…
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Planting by the Signs July 2021
Our summer garden is winding down. We’re still getting okra, a few tomatoes, peppers, ground cherries, peas, and green beans….
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July 2021 Garden Tour
Some parts of our garden are thriving and others are suffering. We had almost two full weeks of daily rain…
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The First Corn from the Garden
We ate the first fresh corn of the year last night for supper. It was so good! It didn’t come…
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The Lay-by Time of Summer
Letter from Almond, NC published in the Bryson City Times (July 31, 1896). “Most of our farmers are done laying…
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Growing Baccer in Western North Carolina
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. The Baccer Patch The worst memories of my young life are of…
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Planting by the Signs July 2021
I hope to get some more squash, zucchini, and peas planted this month. I like the benefits of doing succession…
