Might Be A Cabbage Butterfly
The other day I went out in the backyard to harvest some things from the garden and noticed white butterflies…
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Volunteers Gone Wild
volunteerA nounOften used attributively: an unsown plant or crop of vegetables or grain that comes up from old seeds either late…
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The First Tomato Sandwich
THE MATCHLESS TOMATO Corn may be the bastion of Appalachian foodstuffs, thanks to its incredible versatility, but arguably tomatoes come…
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Breaking Beans
Our green beans have done really well this year and we are thrilled! We eat a lot of green beans….
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Digging Potatoes
We dug potatoes yesterday. It’s probably the earliest we’ve ever dug them. The vines of the two long rows we…
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Building Loose Haystacks
Building loose haystacks Two men pile up hay in a loose stack around a large stick to make haystacks. One…
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Brown Bean Update
Today’s post was written by Ed Ammons. On March 25th I did a guest post about some brown beans that…
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Planting by the Signs for July 2025
Our corn that was laid down by the wind is now standing back up like it should be. We are…
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Severe Thunderstorm & Garden Damage
Many areas in western NC have been having severe pop up thunderstorms during the last week. We’ve had thunder but…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Giving Granny the First Beans
We picked our first mess of green beans yesterday. I thought the pole beans would be ready first, but the…
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Onions We Are Growing
Egyptian Walking Onions We love green onions especially multiplying types that don’t have to be replanted. Long time Blind Pig…
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Picking Wild Raspberries
The only raspberries I remember eating when I was a girl were growing in Mamaw and Papaw Wilson’s backyard. I…
