Shelly Beans
shelly bean noun Any large bunch bean that is removed from the shell and is good as a dried bean…
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Planting by the Signs for August 2016
The summer garden is winding itself down here at the Blind Pig house. We’re still getting plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, squash,…
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The Corn is Tassling
Corn tasseling in Brasstown NC, 2016 tassel noun variant form of tossel. 1966-68 DARE (Brasstown NC, Spruce Pine NC). 1999…
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Sow True Seed Cucumber Reporting @ Large Update 2
Sow True Seed Marketmore 76 Here’s my latest update for the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Sow True Seed Cucumber Reporters @…
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June Apples
A few days ago Blind Pig reader David Templeton left the following comment: Tipper, when we were kids back in…
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Cornfield Beans
Cornfield beans Cornfield bean noun A running green bean planted next to a corn plant so that it will climb…
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How Does My Garden Grow – July 5th?
As I sit at and type this post we desperately need rain. I know more than a few of you…
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Planting by the Signs for July 2016
We’ve got cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes coming in every day and we’re about a week away from picking the first…
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Pick You Some Purslane
Last summer Chatter learned about Purslane in a class she took at The John C. Campbell Folk School. She had…
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How Does My Garden Grow – June 3rd?
The only thing left in the greenhouse is a few of Chatter’s herbs she started from seed along with a…
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Planting by the Signs for June 2016
We finally have everything planted…at least I think so. After Pap died I sort of lost heart for the garden…
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How to Root a Rose Bush Cutting
On my 5 Things post earlier this week Cheryl Soehl asked about starting roses in her comment: Now, I have…
