Granny’s Birthday
Granny with her grandkids and her oldest son Steve Granny would have been 86 years old today. I can hardly…
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Fishing Spider?
Yesterday we worked down at the big garden. Matt has been pecking away at getting the remains of the big…
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March 4th (Forth) – 2026
Year’s ago Blind Pig reader Kenneth Roper shared the story of his mother telling him and his brothers that March…
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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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Mayonnaise Cake – So Good!
Several months ago Charlotte sent me her recipe for mayonnaise cake. I thought it sounded really good, but never got…
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Take My Hand Precious Lord
Last week I stumbled onto a recent video upload from The Marksmen of the old hymn “Take My Hand Precious…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 191
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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More Sayings From Grandmother
Gazzie Truett Jenkins my grandmother (wearing a dress Granny made her) In yesterday’s post I shared some Grannyisms I documented…
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Grandmothers’ Sayings
Way back when I first started the Blind Pig & the Acorn I made a page for collecting Grannyisms. Here’s…
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Re-Using Our Old Metal
Matt has two sides finished on the shed we’ve been working on since last year. The front will be open,…
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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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Our New Favorite Soup
Last week I told you about cleaning out my drawer full of recipes and trying two that turned out really…
