Planting by the Signs for April 2026
The early spring vegetables that we planted are up and growing with the exception of the potatoes. The onions look…
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Tomato Seedlings for this Year
We started our tomatoes yesterday. We’re a little later than usual but I think they’ll still do just fine. For…
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We Got Our Potatoes Planted
A few days ago we got our potatoes planted in the big garden. Matt planned to plant more than usual…
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Memories of Growing Sweet Potatoes
My daddy grew lots of sweet potatoes and built a little building to keep them during the winter. Other people…
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Mulch in the Garden
Granny’s mulch has continued to be a blessing in our gardens. It’s so nice to have that giant pile down…
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Planting Cabbage
Our cabbage plants are the prettiest ones we’ve ever started. They were getting awful big and we finally got them…
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Red Bud Winter & Remnants of Fall Garden
Winter has returned to Brasstown. The warm temperatures we’ve been enjoying have skedaddled for the next several days. We know…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Matt Har’d the Garden
Matt got the big garden har’d this week. Seeing all that rich dirt turned over makes me anxious for planting…
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Planting by the Signs for March 2026
Before I started the Blind Pig and The Acorn I never knew much about planting by the signs. I had…
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Bitter Cold and Up Potting Seedlings
Our spring like weather disappeared over the last couple of days. Bitter cold has worked its way into Wilson Holler….
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Using Granny’s Mulch
Last fall Matt helped me remove some overgrown hostas from the bed under the kitchen window that flows down to…
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The Birth of Pap’s Big Garden
Pap tilling his garden We’ve all been staying at Granny’s more since she’s doing so poorly. Mostly we sit around…
