Small Scale Gardening
The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English offers the following definition for patch farming: 1972 Graham County 50 With the first stages…
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Spring of the Year
The poem above is from Mommy Goose Rhymes from the Mountains written by Mike Norris. I think Mike captured spring in…
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Corn Fritters – Hoe Cakes – Johnny Cakes = YUM!
Some folks call them corn fritters while others call them Johnny Cakes or Hoe Cakes. Whatever you call them the…
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Tipper’s Jig
Over the years when the girls asked me what I want for my birthday, for mother’s day, or for…
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Overheard
“We were going to England to watch a tennis tournament.” “England? That’s an awful long way to go to…
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Saint Patrick’s Day…Have You Got Your Green On?
When I think of Saint Patrick’s Day the first thing that comes to mind is if you don’t wear green…
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Fairy Cross
Fairy Cross found in Brasstown, NC Mountain Bred: The Fairy Crosses – Brasstown written by John Parris Even the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Maker Faire
Chatter and Chitter lead the Maker Costume Parade This is the second year the girls and I have been part…
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Late Spring Snow of March 17, 1936
Today’s guest post was written by Charles Fletcher. Henson Cove area of Haywood County NC – March 1993 Blizzard…
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Ann Applegarth’s Irish Soda Bread
Back in 2015 Blind Pig Reader Ann Applegarth left the following comment on a post I wrote about Irish…
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The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling
The song O Danny Boy is well known around the world sung by famous vocalists as well as around the…
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Weather
Tipper – March 1993 Blizzard Haywood County NC Have you heard it’s supposed to snow tonight over much of…
