Planting by the Signs for June 2025
There’s a few things we’d still like to plant in this year’s garden. The main thing is a few watermelons….
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Spring Time Ritual
One of my most treasured memories of my Mississippi home “The Roebuck Place” is our spring time ritual. We would…
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The Garden is Thriving
The ample rain our area has received has the garden thriving. Last week I took a photo of our bean…
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Parents Who Love to Garden
My daddy grew up deprived of both parents, enough food, clothing and a stable place to call home. There were eight…
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Shadow Folklore
Folklore and sayings about shadows from the Frank C. Brown Collection of N.C. Folklore. I love the sayings about people…
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Planting by the Signs for May 2025
We hope to plant most of our garden today if we can beat the rain that’s forecasted to fall. Our…
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Planting Taters on Good Friday
We’ve already got our taters planted, in fact many of them are coming up already. Recently Granny told me that…
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Seeds
I paid a dime for a package of seedsAnd the clerk tossed them out with a flip.“We’ve got ‘em assorted…
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Planting by the Signs for April 2025
Our spring plantings are coming right along. The peppers and tomatoes are safe in the green house until true warm…
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One Brown Bean
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. A few years ago I asked Tipper for a start of her…
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We Plant Onion Buttons
The onion buttons we planted well over a week ago haven’t come up yet. I know they are waiting on…
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Visiting One With Another in the Garden
Granny, Paul, Pap, and The Deer Hunter This week the weather is supposed to be more like spring of the…
