Wild Berries in Appalachia
This time of the year, I start checking on the blackberries that grow wild around my house. The berries are just…
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How Does My Garden Grow?
Our garden is lush and beautiful. Everything is thriving and things are beginning to produce. Fresh veggies = the best…
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Help a Blind Pig Reader Solve a Mystery
A few days ago I received the following email from Blind Pig and The Acorn reader Sue Simmons: Tipper…
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Planting by the Signs Calendar – June 2017
We’ve been getting plenty of rain and sunshine and our garden is thriving because of it. We also topped off…
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Sevin Dust or a Natural Remedy for Garden Bugs?
Pap’s old sevin dust can We don’t usually have issues with bugs doing damage to our garden. There’s always Japanese…
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Jacob’s Onions
Jacob’s onion noun A green onion. 1975 Purkey Madison Co 53-54 A variety of vegetables grew in long neat rows;…
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Garden Update – Lettuce Trial and A New Bed
I planted my trial set of Sow True Seed Lettuce Seed on April 2. In a little over a…
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Planting by the Signs Calendar – May 2017
Our spring garden is coming right along. The green onions, radishes, and lettuce are starting to come in and…
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Green Onions and Salt
Ethelene Dyer Jones sent me the following piece about her memories of eating from the spring garden as a child: A…
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How We Built Our Greenhouse
The Deer Hunter built our greenhouse back in 2011 and we’re still loving it. It’s so handy to have…
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Clearing New Ground in Choestoe
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. I just now accessed Charles Fletcher’s delightful “New Ground,” and…
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How Does My Garden Grow?
I was feeling so behind in all our gardening endeavors and now I’m wondering what I was so worried…
