Winter Squash Harvest
We harvested all our winter squash this week. There’s one missing from the wagon, a blue hubbard squash. The haul…
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Oh So Sweet Watermelon
If you’ve been reading the Blind Pig for a long time you’ll know I LOVE watermelon. You’ll also remember I…
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Eagle Fork Big Red Heirloom Tomato
Eagle Fork Big Red Heirloom Tomatoes DID YOU KNOW, that Clay County is the birthplace of an heirloom tomato? Are…
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Planting by the Signs for September 2026
Our gardens are definitely on their way out. We’ve pulled up a few things and Matt’s itching to pull up…
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Canning Peas for the First Time
Calico and Mississippi pink eye are the only peas we planted this year. We had two patches of the pink…
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A Week At The Beach
Last week we slipped off and went to the beach. I hadn’t been since 2021 and Matt hadn’t been since…
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The Time For Putting Up
put up verb phrase To put away, store.1969 DARE FW Addit (KY) = to store, put away, or put in storage as in a…
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Dark Cornfields
In ag class about 1959 one of my classmates made the statement, “If you want to walk through Daddy’s corn…
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Planting by the Signs for August 2026
Our garden is still going strong, although I know this is the month it will start failing. The tomatoes are…
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The Year of the Cucumber
Our cucumbers have produced so much this year that we can hardly keep them picked. Even with daily harvesting there’s…
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More Information about Yesterday’s Cornfield
A view of the Smokies from upper Kirkland Creek Kelly Bennett was standing at a little over 3,000 feet elevation…
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Mountain Cornfield
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Mountain Cornfield This image looking down a hollow includes a corn crop in the foreground and mountains in…
